I '7{1[ A ) I PART A )

1. !J'11; l:lifq; 1. in :>till air. of a bumutg inc.:nse sti.ck will

ｾＧｉ＠ Zl!': YZlPI be m'll! It by an ob1<lrvl!r wh...:n the
experiment ic;; camcd nut at

L low altttudc and high mr lt"I!1pt'ralure.

"'i,'1 i11ff'i1'1 i'/' I
2. high altitude and !tlw lnr tempcratur.:.
2. ＼ｊｴＺｾＡ＠ '!J'fdl II '1,-f i1N'ilof .; I
3. low altttud.: and low 11ir ｴｾｭｰ･ｲ｡ｬｊｩｃＮ＠
3. "Tf ::; "f" m'1'iR it I -1. fligh altitude and high atr temperature.
4. ［Ｚｲｷｾ＠ " mc;qr:1 4: 1
2. How many squares in this

9 14
9 2. 14
4.
15 4, 17

J, ｾ＠ ?J<'irf r1'Pf .J/fi/7{ fl{llClf 'f{1f) #or¥ if-::; 3. A mount:u n road has ｳ｣ｵｯｮＮｾ＠ of di ffi:rcn1 slopes
# <mhn 117/T t '(it Jlh:rtr rn;:rt7ll <1s shown. What is tht· average :>lope m oflhc cntir<:-
m llllf f. 7 dunb'!

2. (l/3)<m (112)
2. (l/3)<m<(l12)
4. (!N'3) < m < 1
3. I <m< 4. (11'1'3) m .,
4. (fl'f'ff<f ,,t ｬｾｦＨ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 4. Which .,,( the following graphs shows ､ｾ＼Ｚ＠
<1'tl'f 1!Ffroi '3'fitli fJ I I;W 't P)'"'! concen;:-:1non of a sugar solution as a function of the
<flt:m ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ltft wiifflT 'q ｾ＠ ｾﾷ＠ cumulative amoon1 of sugar added in the process of
ff{/i11i7 1Ift ｾ＠ <!} tnt Ill Rffl tt.t <Iii prq)il.rin,; 1 :1-.'tur;ued ooluuon (the· tcmpc!'llturc
t? n:n_t;.UtUJlf.t C{JttStant)?

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5. ｴｾ＠ <J} ｾｬﾷＺｪＮ＠ ;6 r/'-? :5. There arc s::Jrld-pilc:s whtch are geometrically sitmlar
,: ,, :iT nr.-.+;)='7' i!'r:!!'lr-lt '1>1 hut of tiifl'erenc heights, TI1e tal!o of the masses of
the S;\110 comprising IWO tandomly cho,;enJnles wtll
he equal to the mti o of the

I. pllc height,;,
2, squares of the ptk bcigltls.
J. cubes of the pill' hetght!;.
4. cuht'-rMls of the pile height;.,

6. 6. ·n1cre an: twQ identical vcssd> of volume Veach,

one e·mp!y, and the nth.:-r CO!\l(liuing a blot'k of
ｾ＿＠ Ｚ［ｾﾷｩｴ＠Ｌ W<>Od ofwctghl ,.,. . The vc,sds an: theulilled with
l ,y:rrT· ut:f! water up to t.hc brim. 111<: NiO :ur.Ulg,o:nu:tl\$ :)r<:
shown a:; A and B in th.: figure. It' the dens1ty or
wat<:r is p ami .L: i> the ｡｣ｬｮｾｴｭ＠ due to gravtty,
then

A '" ll 717i71 :r;H

A ;tlld B have c•qual weights.
2, A B
2. A 1s he<l\'ll'f than B by an amount w.
3, A B ?i ＨｬＧｰｾ［＠ >t),llff'!W ''"'''""< ｾ＠ 3. A is bcavio::r th:m B by an amount V;::g- w.
H :\ ( .;j B !5 bcav1cr lh:tn 1\ by ;1n omouru V;:'J:

7, Ir the fatl1er ｨ｡ｾ＠

｢ｫｾ＼Ｂｩ＠ group 0 and lhe mother has
blcx'ld .:mup AB. whal are the J'l(><;!llhle blood groups
of thttr children'I
O.AI3.A
2 A1B 1 O,AB,A
2. A,B
3 ;\,0
3 A.O
.+ fl. AB .;j, B,AB

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8. Vf1:fR ＠ｾ ill' 'fTlflrt 12

P 71 12
S ;/; ｾ［Ｎ＠ rzq; 8. Nuu:lci of ' 1P and accelemted through the same
ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1'r:r if rir, ｾ＠ , (P <t; ｰｯｬ･ｮｴｩＺｾｊ＠ difference ent<:r aunifonu, tFdl\Svetse
#rr! z =15 "s<t rw.r z ｾＱＶ＠ /1 OF1f 11 ｾ＠ mil:grtt:!ic field (l ｾＱＵ＠ for P and Z 16 for S). As
ｴｦＺ［ｲＣｾ｡ｮｩＮｭ＠ thc:y emerge from the magnetic field

] . <Wif ｾ＠ fir.:tt ｒｦｾ＠ fiti/11 -i; f.?4><-lrl f. I I. ｾｴｨ＠ nuc lc1 emerge lmdetl,cc!cd.
2. Jlp 11i1 ffrt!lv Jls
3. Jlp 11i1 fite}q ;t ｾＶｴｱ＠
fr1iri:l f!)tl t '
"# Jdi«l; ｾ＠
* .r 2. --r ts dellectt>d less ｴｨｾＺｮ＠ '·s.
3. up is dellcctc:d more lhan >! S.
4, ooth are equally defiocted.
4. <Wif 11i1 filirq WfPI itrrff l. I
9. vh:' ｾ＠ if rzq; 'l?k'lii vrl iril<'!'l'f •uiim f.. 9. l\ person .:hewmg a bubble gum did not expcri<-'llCe
'ffl'lit ::ifNVf if; ii:f•l'R '1? ｾ＠ ?rrTll iliFf if ;;;!
ear pam in a Jet plane willie landing ｷｨ･ｲＺｾｓ＠ another
ｾ＠ Flm. rr:r vit ｾ＠ :rr:7 ＼ｴｾｭ＠ ;;:rm
ｾ＠
pen;onnut chewing a gum had car pain. The reason
u;r;r it <r<f lll11i if I 'lU11i1 11i1VI'/ :W ;:ft 1T<1ml t could be
f,1;
I. dtl:lwing gum is a pam killer
ＧＭｾ＠ 2. chewing cquilibrntes pressure on both sides of
2. ITd'<'r'i'f 11i1 mtr'fT q;pfr <f; FiR'f rr;rq; 'li ;m: the car drum
ＱｩｾｭｲｴＺ＠ I 3, chewing lJUm dos.es the ear drum
3, ll'l<'I'I'f <$ fP!r4 it iliFf <i>7 r:rm <Rl lft?fl ｾ＠ 1 4. chewmg dtstracts the pcr!l(ln
4. ｾ＠ rm lild'Fn ｾ＠ it El:lFf trrrrm i!
10. The reason why a lunar eclipse doc.-s not occm at
10.(;?
every full moon Is
l. <pi 11i1 iWP. 'fM 'if'JftrrJrT 1/ :JI:flfl<'r 'fiT trim I l. the position of the sun is not favourable at ail
2. FF<: ;f, ｾ＠ 'lW rj; 11i'i' r,;11i 1(?# ?t full moons.
iP1 ,Yffl! i; ｾ＠ I
2. lhc orb11al pliiD<:s of the m!.JOnllld lha1 of the:
3. ｾ＠ ;t; Jm1fo rfrnT <riff i i earth arc indined to ＼Ｚｾ｣ｨ＠ other by a small
4. ｦｻＧｾ＠ ｾ＠ f.I'TJ!!ft # fd'i:'m!f?t 1Ji(ffl f. I angle.
3. the shape of the earth is not a perfect sphere.
1t. ':'$ ?RP$T r;;;; Ｂｾ＠ ｩｦＡｾ＠ rlrffl ｾ＠ tr; <t 4. the moon rcllec1s only from one hemisphere.
ｾｯｬｩｦＺＮｭ＠ RTrr •f 1 3!W I
fWtr[ q;j ;JffR 'I Jfl"Tf ::.rrd, ll.A boy throws a stone vcnically upwatds with a
>r it ｴｾ＠ m f:I:; n:;TJ "' wrq· certain initial velocity. \'lhu:h of the following
grn phs deptcts the vda<:1ty as a llmcuon of lime. if
Ft:i' ;nff 7ffit ｾ＠ :tit 'ffi!t <:WfrJr t ?
1l1e acceleration due to :,Tuvi!y is assumed 10 be
wrifonn and constant?

11. 1ft '1? Ｑ＼Ｇｦｔｾ＠Ｓ q 2p) 'fRm

ｩｴｾ＠ ｾ＠ <re?T ｾ＠ ;f, ;f;;"if
12.A rigid uniform bar of a certxm rnass has two bobs
it ｾ＠ WWf ｾ＠ vmt I I ｾ＠ tir-x fflhll *' of Ch<i! ｳｾｭ･＠ size. bul with different dt'nsilles p and
2p suspended identically from its ends.
* i. ITI:IT
;frq <TiT
tiW ｾ＠
fmrr t
!Jm'P<l W ｾ＠ mTT t d 1T d'

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d d'

ｾ＠
2d
d
p

.;.;_(,d' 2,
4. d
,,
l
2p

2d'
ＲｾＧ＠ ,,
•1 •
p

\\'hen the bar is levd una fulcrom as sho\\.11 m tbc

figure. d and d'arc rclat<.'\1 by
2p

L 24 =d' 2. d >2d'
13. ｾ＠ ＮｻｊＧｾｦｴ＠ 3 d =2d' 4, d <2d'
ｊＧｴｌｦｾｲＱ＠

13.1herc arc two points A and A' on tl'.e equator a1

ｫｭｧｾｬｵ､＠ 0" and 90"E, and two other points B and
s· on the same longitul:k:!., l'e:SJ)<:ctively, but al
l:.timdc 61Y'S. The distances (along the lalitltMs)
AA'=llli' 2. AA' 2 BB'
be<tween the points A, A' and B, B' sre rehllcd by
AA'
!. AA' JJR' 2. A.A'=2BB'

14. .3. AA'= BB' 4. A.A' = (v2) BB'

14.

\'laler is tlowing through a tube as ｳｨｯ｜ｾ＼ＱＮ＠ TI1e

cross-sectional ｡ｲ･Ｎｾ＠ at A and C are equal. and
gr-eater 11\anlhc ｾｲｯｳ［ｈＬ･Ｎ｣ｴｩｮｓｉ＠ area a1 B, If the
t1ow is steady, then the pressure on the WllllS at B is

l.:ss than thai at A and lhat at C.

2. more than thai at A and that :111 C.
q{f.'f<lf.Ji <!f'ff ,j; ＨｾｬｦﾷＡ＠ i! I 3. san1e liS that at A and that at C.
i! !{fi'f I 4. more than that at A but ｉｾ［＠ than thai 3t C

15. 15.Match the two ｨｳｴｾ＠

A B c D A 8 c u
a b c d a b c d
., d b 2. d b ;l
3. "
b ),
ｾ＠

c J lJ
4. a b 4. "
d b
d 1,:
ﾷｾ＠

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16. IIRt11 -60,000 fl1f'f it ｾ＠ <l#F.fili ｾ＠ 7Jff 16. l be'"'(: datmg method is not usually u:scd for dating
311J f.mf.ra! tg 14C ll"m'ft i5l Jnirr; rrt.t· fi1;rn Ofg.llli<: sttbsumces older tl1an -60,000 year>. ｢｣･｡ｮｾｴ＠
;:;rrm 1iRJ'ff,$;
I . such objects rar<:.ly cootatn carbon.
I. Vii 'Rflif rpr;pf., Pt<;l 1ft r;mr ＾Ｚｭｾ＠ # 1 2, su;;h objects accumulated "C after ｴｬｶｾｩｲ＠ formaaon.
14
2. rtit ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 'IRPf1C <5 !fffiff "c iffl
3. in those limes there wa.s tlO producuoo of C
4. mosl ofth•· "C in the s::unp!.: ',,;uid ＮｬｾＬＺａｹ｣､＠
＠ｾ ｩｐｗｾ＠ ff I
3. ;nr <ftf7l "C ilf7 ｾ＠ 'f!f ｾｬｩＧ＠ ｾＷ＠ I
17. ,'\ scismogtaph rocci,·esa S-wave tJ() s after 11 rccci\'l.:f.
4. ｾＱｦＧＡﾷ｣ｊｏＺｔ＠ the P-waw:. If the velOCIIWS of['. and S·wavcs :m· 7
krn/s and 6 krtL'S respecliveiy, ｴｨｾＬＺｮ＠ the ､ｾｴＮＺｭ｣＠ of the
17. lf'N ｾ＠ p ff'(lT 'lit stf'i!Rr 11f?/f ;j; 60 ｾ＠
s-eismic focus flom 1he ｳ､ｭｯｪＬ＾ｲ＼ｾｰｨ＠ t'£
ｩｦｲｾ＠ s ｲｴｾﾷ＠
<Ill J;frbrr ＢＧｾｩｦｲ＠ fit :Ji<r? p "s ｲｴｾＧ＠
i#1 rrfrtUI ｾｲﾷ＠ 7 ti!lio 4'/o rlfi'f #o <1 6 fii;o #to
2520km 2. 42 km
flf;} ｾｯ＠ If. mi"'.1fr1 rt rik: ｾ＠ ｾ＠ <t ［Ｚｾｴ＠ tt ·
,'1;. 7070 km .f. 72km
I. 2.'l20ii.io ;flo 2. 42 tJ,o ;flo
18. ｮｵｾ＠ Of a radi(NIChVC ｩｾｯｴｰ｣＠
dcc&y p produces <l
3. 7070 lfi>o 4/o 4. 72 fifh? :fru
stable ､｡ｵｧｨｴｾＡＧ＠ 1Wtop.; D. llu:: l'll!lo of the m.unlxr of
18. ｾ＠ ｴＧｦｬｾ＠ ｰｩＤｾ＠ 'll ｾ＠ atoms of/) to ｴｨｾＺ＠ number of atom.s of P aner 2 !l;llf
ｾ＠ D ;puff JJ I ;;'7 it imf P i1 f) l,ves would be
iJ>'t Ｚｷｾ＠ m.;rn:nr 11f! :JfjWi'f
1i·l 2. ｾ｜ＯＴ＠
I. 1/4 2. .1/4
l. 3 4. 2
3 3 4. 2
19. lhe scatter repre.,;ent the values mcasut1."d
19. <:1 Ｇ＼ＡﾥＱｾＢ＠ 'i'J'q7Ji'lf'Jit 1't ¥TN ｾ＠ rrt: t:l?fi?17i
two similar Point A in ＱＧｾ＠ fi;.:un:s
it ;:wftj rri: f ! f?fit # f'il<lj A Wt ruprest•nts ｴｨｾ＠ ｵｾ＠ value. \Vhich of the •
ｾ＠ I I 11ftR'f qft T'1'ffl' q;r '8'(1
correct dcscnptum of the qual1IY of
［ﾷｾ＠ P,w ｾＢ＠ ,, fi'li.T& g ?
measurements?

A, •
:r•

h;..1 f";:

], ftr=lt l'1g.l : good accur<lCy, good precision

/it':l;: ti ｾＢｩｊｽ＠ 2 . :;ood ＮＺｾ｣ｵｲ｡ｹ＠ good ｰｮｾｩｳｯ＠
2. I : poor ｾ｣ｵｭｹＬ＠ poor precision
2 m1 .-:n:::r; ｲ［ｾｭＺｩｬＡ＠ fl JI'E'f1
2 : good <H.:t:uracy. ｰｲ｣ｾ｡＾ｮ＠
ftn 2 .:;rzdt ｾＧＱ＠ (/ JI(J:<
:1. Fi!l.l : p<'O!' accur.,cy, ｰｲﾫｊｾ＾ｬ＼ｮ＠
3. r.m 1 Jlt<; ｾｲｦＬＧｬ＠ｴ 11 :Jtodl Fig. 2 : pore ＼ｴＨＺｕｲ＾Ａｾﾷ＠ flVOr prcc1sion
frB 2 Jl?1 ＠ｾ It J,';;q
4. Fig. I :poor a;;.;ur&.;y, poor
4. fim r JIFi' <!?lrlfm '!l -ii{i!'; Fig. 2 : pn9r ｾｃＧｵｲ｡｣ｹＬ＠
t:;?T 2 Jf?1 ｾ＠ 'ifJriiUT

20. i3W 11 tr:Ji: di'l <:FlY ﾷｾ＠ l:rflttl co, iJ>? >rrWT 0. Even though fhc conccntt:atlon of C02 ir. the same at
'f77rR 'iJi!i!1 <Ill Ｎｾ＠ N'f.: :M <N ewtJ ｾ＠ level and at high altitude, the photosynthetic rate
UIF) ;:m:l' qr,."f{ r;w;m ＠ｾ rrfi!r Jlfmr; is lugher m a plant b'lOWillll sea levclth3n in a p 1::::1t
ｾ＠ rm1t Vl7ift ｾ＠ fir. (of the same s.pectcs) grown at ｬｵｾｴ｝＠ al!ltud<: llh
Tt'asun for tlns is
1. Tr:J?rfR r;v ｲｩｦｬｾ＠ ｾ＠ <ft1mT J,•;t."w ｾ＠
2 ' ::r:rr: it mrP1PT ;:pTf t*r;r ｾ＠ I. light mtenslly is more Ill sea kvcl.
ｾＬ＠ ｾ＠ r;v ｾｭ＠ ｾＷｱ＠ Jrfi:;J; iJ :2. temperature is lower at h;ghc-r ahttodc.
3, atmO:>Jlhcric prcs:>ure IS l11ghcr Ｇｾ＠ k\cl
4. ｾ＠ 'R Jff/tli/itff .a;rrfr!t ｊ＾Ｇｴｦｾｩｬ＠ ｾ＠ I
4. ｲ･ｬ［ｮｩｾＮＬ＠ lmmiJity Ｑｾ＠ ｬｵｧｨｾｲ＠ at :s<:a le\'el,

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( '1PT B I ( PART B )

21 , r;;77 Ｌ［ＮＢｾ＠ tA 'Pit7 f.tm1N •r.rw 1Ffi:'il ::Us mo ;;fry 2L What IS the llthostaw:: pressmc 111 the b!l:Sc of
3S .Qo 11/::l P?/11 <t Ji!ir 'lf7r :7 a 35 km culmnn of gramltc crust With an
7R1T !WIT ? averag,; density of2.8 ilJw'-;;t'!

8.2 kilohar:s
3. '9.8 ldlohars 4. 7.21rilobllrs

21« Ht--.t i1 ｾＬｴﾷｦ＠ ll rrrrit .?t7 ｾｬＬＭ ｾ＠ 7R 2.2. Which of the lb!l,w.dng ｲ｣Ｚｰｾｮｴ＾＠ the correct
ＧＷｦｩＡｾｬ＼＠ '1Nf1! it ? relative abundance of elements m the Earth's
cn1sf)
Si 0 .:• Fe AI Ca Mg
l, S1 > 0 > Fe > AI> Ca > Mg
2 () AI > h: > ｾｧ＠ > Ca > Si
2. 0 AI> ｆｾＺ＠ > Mg > Ca > St
3 () Si fe Mg Ca AI J, 0 S1 fc ｾＱｧ［ＬＮ＠ Ca :... Al
... 0 Si AI h: > ;o..1g > Ca 4. 0 Si =- AI Fe> Mg Ca

23, ｦｩｮＺＭｾ＠ ｾ＠ qt ｾ＠ ＺＮｲＢＨｾ＠ ｾＭＧ＠ t.Jf! ＺＮｾ＠ afMf;m; 23-. W'bich one of the followmg is a oommon
u ＢＧｾ＠ ? response of rocks to increase m
pre :>\.ure'!
2.
Folding 2,
4.
3. Fra<:mrillg .:. Shearing

24 ｾ＠ :Ji1 ＿ｊｩｾＮｬＱＺＡｴＢ［ｲ＠
i{lT(•iJfitili Ji.7J,u•r ＮｾＱｩ＠ f.!r; ＬＯｻＩｾＢＧ［＠ 24. If a,
a 1 a,rcprcscnt the pnm::tpJI
ｾｴｲ･ﾻｙｳＮ＠then a state of stress 1s
charactcnsed by wndit1011:

cr, cr, fJ,

2, cr,
3 a, a, , IT,
= (Tt

> a.t >c:,

>0;

4 -a. o1
4. t.t, = (1 ｾ＠ a,
25. ＬＮｲ＼ＭﾣＱｾＡｦｴｩＺ＠
f.t;;c! it :6 1'1/f l:(k 25. Andean mountmns ｾ＠ Atlanh<.: ｉｘｾ｡ｮ＠ - San
! Amln:as fault n:prcsent one of the followUlg
so:ttUt:llCe-s of plat"' boundaties.

I. Constructive Destructive -(;oosL"T'V!!tive

2. Th:!struetive Construc!ive ·Conservative
ｭＺｦＱＭｾＧｲｊＬｬ｣ﾥＮ＠ 3. \muervam·c- ｃｯｮＮ＼ｾｴｲ｣ｩｶ･＠ ｾ＠ Dcstructl\'C
4, ｭｾｲＺＭｴＮ［Ｔｽ＠ 4. Conservattw- Dcs!wc!!Ve - C<)llSinlctlvc

26. ?Jln Jit\'1 iii

2(o. What can ｾｶ｣＠ the bc.SlJdc-;a about the source
JJti ｾ＠
rock of a sandswne?
ＺＵＧＯｉｊｱＬｬｩＡｾ＠
2' t:b Vf Jt71f!TJ l. PalacQcurrem analysis
J ｾ＠ 2. Grain size
3. Lithic fragments
4 Ji'lii/Q0'1
4. Weathering index

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21. (.., iiS'f w; r;,fJI;lrrt!l K f,!;r;ffl ?!IT'f lrll wm ｾ＠ 27. There are many mechanisms by which saline
far;tf!rt lli?Fr f!' I i1i'f;fflJ r;rfP,<n mft 'ff.f it ? flulds can came dlsimegration of rocks.
\Vbkh one is not a correct mechanism?
I. :pm; ｾ＠ 1!G( ＢｾｉｦＡ＠ ｾ＠ I. Crystalliza;ion pressure of salt cryslllls
2. ur? ｩｦ＼ｾ＠ ill af.fvrf it dTrl ｭＬｾ＠ ｾ＠ 2. Chcnuc:sl reaction bc!\\'WI minerals
3. ｾｬＡｇＨＺ［ｭｴＱｽＧ｛ｦｲ＠ and saline lltuds
4. <T<ll!f ｦｲｩ＾ｗｾＷＳｙ＠ 1!G( ｾ＠ ftrm?tV 3. Hydration and expansu:m of salt crystals
4. Thennal expansion of salt crystals
28. if ＧｊＹｾｮ＠ Prl'if <rF.rl:l'fl if ;f! q{t-r itRi tl 28. \Vnieh one of lhc foJio,.,cing chemicals present
ｾｩｬｭｦＧ＿＠ on !he landscape is the most effective agent
of dtcmtcal \\'ea!hcnng of rocks'!

3. Oz
29. ｾ＠ rmft ,lfror ｾ＠ <frq;_?Wif ,Gr4m fit;7:n 29. Littoral current direction can be precisely
:;nr fFiTiiff i determined by
I. m: 11ff Ｚｭ＿ｊｾ＠ I. convexity and concavity of the coast
2. IIJ<!'If 11 Tit<; rPj! 2, pattern of beach ridge and swalc: complex.
3. J/Tifir.( lllli?rf 3. spit shape and curvature.
4. presence of protruding deltas
4. Ｚｾ＾［ＮｭｦＨＡ＠ i/r'ft:F;:::-if 1'/fl ｾｬｦｩｴ＠
30. ｔｨｾ＠ wavch:n!:lh range of the microwave.
region of electromagnetic radiation is

L 0.4 to 0.7 J.Un 2. I nrm to I m

L 0.4 to 0.7 pm 2. lmmto l m
3. 1.3 to 3 ｾｵｴｊ＠ 4. 3 to 14 pm
3. lJio3pm 4. 3 to l4;un
:it& ｾ＠ it ;pf rmt if 31. Desert p:;rvements arc surfaces characterized
I tl f'?i fmf iffd if by a ｬ｡ｹｾＺｲ＠ of C031'11C !,'Ta\>el These an: fomted
by
ｾ＠ Ｎｾ＠ <1 ifflj Jik 1f1': 'liT r:rqf :JJ'R'
ｩｭｬｾ＠
mechanical wcalhcring and removal of
sand and silt by rain water.
2. <f'<'fi1{lf ｾ＠ u '""X Jik 1f1': 'liT ｾ＠
ｩＡｗｾ＠ ifW'r
2. mechanical wealhering and do"'nward
lll()Vemenl of sand and silt by eluviation
3. i!N¥ ｾ＠ i!f 1f'Rl. J/1? '11<! 'ifil J{IT-I<tr.f
3. mechanical weathering and removal of
iff'{! ;)fTFflF!
sand and 1\11! by deflation
4. ＱｦＧﾧＺｲｴｾＭＨＡ＠ If 1,"flfM 1t 'll't:</Pf 4. mass movement and winnowing by
ground water
32. Ft1:FR f{lli ｾ＠ ｾ＠ \'7 fimT <'if? rp{ ｾ＠
'ff'm rtw;rrr ｾ＠ 1t .· n. Over the last 1000 years climatic trends on
lite glob-al st-:ale have not beet1 atlecced by
!l(r<,'l!/'111 ｉｬｾ＠ ii qftqr:f;f
I changes in orbital parameters.
2. ?#v lfi?tfilli111T if ｾ＠ 2. variation in solar activity.
ＳＮｾ＠ 3. human activity.
4. ｦ｛ｩＨＭＺｲｬｴｾ＠ ｾ＠ 4. EI·Niiio Southmt Oscillacion.

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33. 33. ｃｲ･ｳｴＺｾｮＭｬＮｰ｣､＠ harchans tend 10 form when

1. tratu>porl r;ues arc high or sand supply
.,.r;;¢. JltiP!r :r;; 'I'Ttj "'" tslimited.
i! j 2. 1r.1nsport mtes are high or sand supply
2. qftii(ir'i ,, lciJJ;' J!f=."'ff '111 iP.Cf. :;tt is unlimited.
ｙｶｦｴｬｩｾｲ＠ !. 1 3. transport Tlltes art' low or sand supply
3. ｴ､ｩＢＭＱｻｾ＠ .. , ;:GT{ 7fj ｾ＠ i:1ft is limucd.
4. tran:sport rates are high and sand supply
4. ｾｉｩﾷＢＧ＠ •;fJu'f .:<.:t'il<li J/1;! iiiK'f..
t<r#fit,'f tt I !s unlimited.

34. Headwa!d C'rosion ｩｾ＠ ro:sp()nsihlc tbr

I. m the stream length and
mcll!l!SC
mtfrr il Ｚ［ｦｴｕｾ＠ S:x ri ｲｴｾｬＺ＠ incrca.w m catduruml ｡ｴＢｾＮ＠
2. 8ftm' ｾ＠ ot ;m4 11 ｾｦｴｲ＠ rr:r:rrm i; 2. iru:rease m the s!ream length and decline
in stream gradient.
3. 3. increase in the catchment ｡ｲ･Ｚｾ＠ and
ｩＺｾ｣ｲ･｡ｳ＠ in stream gtad1cnt.
4. tm:n:astl in stream s!npc a.'l.d stream
length.
35. Jjo<l' i'!JT'f 35. 1l)e mereontc group which most closely
matches the composition of our ｳｯｬ＼ｾｲ＠ system
is

Ordinary chondrite.
2. C:uoonaccous chooo:!ri!c.
3. Iron meteorite.
4, Lunar mcteontc.

36. Pi:Hinum group clements an:

J . lilhoph1le ()O ly
2 2. cbal<:ophilc only
d:t;r;.; ＼ｾｗｦＡ＠ J. siderophile only
ｾ＠ t:f}4rur.t: m(/ ｾ＠ :;. ,-, 4. bvth chalcophilc and sidcmptulr:.

37. ｊ＼ｩｾＯｦ［Ｚｲ＿＠ ;if mrn r:;;r. 37. .r\n ｩｧｭＺｯｵｾ＠ rock comprising f}redomi·
ＳｻＬｆＧＴｴ Ｑ ｾ＠ i:M ＬｦｬＢＮＧｩＡｾ＠ rumtly of quan:;: and K-fdd!>par can he
classi tied :ts:
"
.:.. ＧｩｴＺｲｬｾ＠
1. Gabbro 2. Gnmtc
4. ｣Ｉｾ＼ＢＧｩＪ＠
], Peridotite .:1. Tnnall1c

38. Jlt'l 'f't4> (;-laC!) <'>fi ＼ｾ＿ｊ［Ｚｶｭ＠ y<i;:r1r ｷＺｾＮ［Ｉ＠ ｾ＠ (! 38. ·nle ｃｕｊＡｴＢ･ｮＮｲ＼ｾｩｏＺｬ＠ in wt%, of coumu:m ｳＺＬｾｬｴ＠
Ｈｾ｡ｃｉＩ＠ in •tla water ｩｾＺ＠
3.5 2. L5
3.5 2. 15
Ｓｾ＠ 4. 2.R
3. 35 4. 2.8

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39. What is the percentage of the total area of tne

ooean that overlies the ｯｮｴｩｾ｡ｬ＠ shell'?

I. 4% 2. 7.5% I. 4% 2. 7.5%
3. 15% 4. Ｑｾ＠ 3. 15% 4. 10%

40. The natural remanent nmgnetu:atioos in two

40. J!M'IT-Jli'PT ｾ＠ '* fMr ｾ＠ ttfif ｾ＠ ;j;
rock units of the same age, but ltx:atod at
Il!'lffi!f;t; m ｾ＠ <rFt ｡Ｎｾ＠ ＠ｾ 1f ｾ＠
different latitudes havt: tht: same l!lchnation,
fi?.i!if 8 I Ｂｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ .JijW 11'< yuft f: but differ in declination. Then the rock units
have undergone
I. ＠ｾ rr<r.r >It Jtrrr ｾ＠ lit
2. 31-:fM fffr't w rp1f 'IT8'f ,p I. both longil\1din.a! ;md n:>!ational movement
2. longitudinal, but 001 rotational movement
3. r/!ff iR'1"t ｗＮｾ＠ i1'<'1':r ｾ＠
3. rotational. but not longitudinal movement
4. ., nt v:uff ii'i'!'7; "' Jfjtuf '11!{'-f
4. neither rotational, nor longitudinal
movement.
41. ｾ＠ Wr ｾａ＠ rr B ［ｩｴｾ＠ ｾ＠ 'ITR'?f 41. Two rock units A and B of identical magnetic
;$ f. .J/t< J1HilT 'it. ll ｾ＠ (,A > ｾＩ＠ if i1i'ffl: character and ｬｯ｣ｾ･､＠ at latiludes (1,. and ｾ＠
mm ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ .,; .m ＾ｾ＠ t<r:r liiW !F'fiRf1 Cl... > ;n) respOI.'tiVely, arc magnetized by
fU;f;i:!TFfff 1r*A ｲｭｾｴ＠ induction in the Earth's magnclic field. Then
the ｭ｡ｧｴｩｾｯｮ＠ in A is
I. B ＼ｉ［ｾＣｗｊｔｐ＠
2. s ;t; lJ"R'of wWl'l: t'f'f m " :rfim 1. identical with the one in B
2. s!rnnger than in B. but dips gently
3. B ｾ＠ '!Fiwm i't' ｾ＠ w ｾ＠ '7filu
3. weaker than in B. but dips sv.:eply
4. B 1/i ｾ＠ i'l' ＠ｾ il ｾ＠ "ff7m
4. stronger than in B. and dips steeply

42. ;Jfl" ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 11 <PP vm 11ft ｾ＠ 42. If p,. p, and p, arc the resistivities of sea
ｾ＠
water, ground water and rain water, !hen
iRrm p,, Pg 1'f p, t f!!' f.tTiif if \'T 11'it"f-ar which of the following statemen1S i$ !rut::?
'dt t. ?
I. p, < Pe < P,
1. Ps < Pi< P, 2. p,> p8< p,
2. p,> Pv< Pr 3. p,<f.\>p,
3. p,< Ps> Pr 4. p,>pF>p,
4. p$> Pe> Pr

43. At, oompared 10 near ｳｵｲｦ｡ＮＺｾ＠ geological

lllrgeLS. 1he geophysical respon.s.c of deeper
geologieal targets will hi1lve

I. ＠ｾ ｾ＠ II rdtn:r41fl 'lftl!Pft I
I. larger amplitude and longer wa\-e!cns,rth
2. smaller amplitude lind lon.0tf wavelength
2. "" JlfTfft'f Ｇｉｾ＠ ｾ＠ ilft ;mt I 3. sma.llff amplitude and sm11ller wave·
3. ifiTf iJ71lllTT 'I ｾ＠ 1lf1 ｾ＠ I
length
4. ｾ＠ Jl7lfflf 1'f l5f1 ｾ＠ 1lf! ｾ＠ I •t longer amplitude and smaller wavelength.

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44. ;,·,fifcrd<t> Ｇｾ＼＠30° ｲｾ＾ｩＢｬ＠ if ｅｾｎｦ｡ｲ＠ :t<t> P- ＨｦｾＧＡ＠ 44. A P-wavc 1ncidem on a reflector at an angle
ＧｬｴＭｾＱ＠ i! r;;!?mfif<t ｲｾ＠ ""'r.: r.krr f. ＳＰｾ＠ is rellected back tnlo !he m;:d1um as

!' ｾ＠ JOe if ;; '{'Ji" S ｦｬｩｾ＠ :.me f1 I. a r phase at 30" and an S phas.c at an

<Fi'ro i; :lngle greater lh:m 30"'
2. 1;<5 p ｲｬｾ＠ ＳＰｾ＠ if <1 !{<1\" S flTiTi/311 JOQ il 2. a P phase at 30° and an S phase at <Ul
:u:tgle less clwl 30"
f1fr7r "
3" p i$ s flf1H"J{j:Q 30" " 3. I' and S phases al 30"
4. f[11l f' ｾｦ＠ :W ｩｦＮｾ＠ ｾ＠ if IT ｾ＠ S 4. a P phase alan angle g:n:at<."T than 30" and
.Vf'J?ft/7 30'' <7 ($1? q;}vr if atl S ph:a<;<; at les.s than 30'

ｾＮｦｐ［＠ it 45. An IWl>t<tlica!ly ｯｭｰｴＺｊＮｓ＼ｉｾｬ＠ ､ｾｶ｡ｨＺＮｕ＠ land

ｴｾＷ＠ U/1!1 l:f/'(1! ;j mass is 3.5$0Ciatcd with

I. strong ncganvc Bongncr and free-air

anomalies
2. 2. strong negnt1vc Bouguer anomaly and
:f'Jff-ifi'"!i almost no free-air anQmaly
ｾ＠
·! ,j; <NI1N 3. almost no ｂｯｵｾｴｕ｣ｲ＠
-'· anomaly and strong
n<:gative free-<Lir anomaly
4. 4. almost no Boogucr and free-air
anomalies.

il 46. F, fl and Jl, the ve<:Con representing the

J7C71i Earlh' s magneuc !idd an.U tiS hori:zontal and
vcrttc..al compllncnts rcspe<:tively. are
connected by the relahon
IFI jH
2 F<F v V;H H
F V.ll 0 =lVI IHI
4. F v II 2. F F v Jl HxH
3. F V.ll 0
4. F=V }[
47. 47. In some materials the ｳｴｲＺｾｩｬ＠ docs nm re:ach a
:>table \'alue mtm<."'\liately after the application
of strc:ss. but rises gradually to a stah!c value.
Thts type of srram ｲ｣ｾｰｯｮｳ＠ ﾷｾ＠ a
chamctcrislic of
t;,.,rtr.l
2. .•ｬｊｴｲｾＱﾷ＠ ｾ＠ I. d a.stic material:>
_i . _..ft(e:n rtl!lt'i 2. anela>.tic ｭ｡ｬｾｲＱｳ＠
3. pi :asli.: mate:rials
4 ."RI'ti-1!- ｾ＠ '1?1:::/
·1. vis.<:o·el:ls!1c materials
48. f-i!fft if ﾷｬｾ＠ 1$ 48. In a r:adially homogeneous and ｩＢ＼ｬｲｾｰＺ＠
lt:'JJ-:.,1 Ｂｦ［ｾ＠ canh, which of the foiJ<JWittg waves wtll not
｢Ｍｾ＠ gcm:rated due to an e:anltqua!.::c'!
p .. f7Y0 2. S .. t;T'IT
1. P-wav..: 2. S-<Vave
): f(\1'.(,' 4. ｾ＠ :::RT:
3. ｳｾ｡ｮ｣ｲ･､＠ wave 4. Surface w:tve.

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49. Which of abe following has the lowest value

of specific beat?
L Inner core 2. Outer core
3. lowO" mantle 4. Upper mantle

50. Amongst lhe following minerals which one

has die least number of powder diffraction
peaks?
2. ｾ＠ 1. Gypsum 2. Halite

4. ililTt[vr J. Zircon 4. Quartz

Sl. The tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation with

5 t. 1J!!i1t <# F[."lkr ;:It ｊｾ＼ｲＴｴ＠ qftilf>;r ltiltft mf # :JI1"'fi'f ｲ｣ｾＭｰｴ＠ to U1e pl:ane of irs orbit varies
2 L8' li 24.4' ffi1> Pi Jml<fq;J<if of ｾＮＭｲｭｦｴ＠ t between21.8 and24.4'over a period of
about
19,000 ｴｾｬＯ＠ 2. 23,000 ?Jr/
1. 19,000 j'CSI'S 2. 23,000 years
3. !00,000 ;pi 4. 41,000111/
3. 100,000 }'\lacs 4. 41,000 years
52. 'f"1ff'l
Pi
*
;y;f
ｾ＠
<:1 ｾ＠ ;;mft
1/i ｾ＠
t
0? mf!ft
52. 11le surf=: expression of the lithosphere
descending into the asthenosphere is known as
2. ｾｲｩ＠
L Jslalld an: 2. Trench
3. Benioff Z.J.IDe 4. Canyon

53. Impact of ocean acidification will be

maximum on
L llimff
Corals 2. Fomminifcrt1
3. i!S4lJR41 4. Diatoms
3. Radiolaria

2.8 - 4.5 ·· I LO 5.5 l. 2.8 · 4.5 ll.O 5.5

2. 2.8 5.5- 11.0 4.5 2. 2.8- 5.5- li.O 4.5
3. 2.8 11.0 5.5 4.5 3. 2.8-lL0-5.5-4.5
4. 2.8-4.5- 5.5- 11.0 4. 2.8- 4.5- 5.S 11.0

55. The decay of ｾ＠ Rn to ｾﾷｐｯ＠ is by

I. ｾｓｉＧＱｗｬ＠ 1. negatron decay

2. ｾＺｲＭＧＷＱ＠ 2. positron decay
J. alpha decay
3. ｊ＼ｾ［ｬＡｦＺＯｩ＠
4, electron cap lure
4. ｾﾷ＠

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56. 1ll!ifl ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 11ii 56. Eutrophi<:at!on i$ an nllshmt of incre.ased

,r Ｚｐｴ＼ＢｦＭｾ＠ II ｾｈｩｬ＠ rrc"r fiRrir ｡ｮｴｨｲｯｰｾＺ｣ｩ＠ acli,·iry. ｔｩｬｾ＠ phcnonleflon
ｴｦｲ［Ａｾ＠ would, m lhc run, lead to an mcrc-asc m:

i' 'l'lfl•'¥'·'1flll ｾ＠ ep;m l, r!nvmmmcnt:d assinul:ttiun ｣｡ｰｾＺｩｬｹ＠

2, 3tr.rR1 ＬＮｾ＠ il ;r;r;r 2. tUlbitat perturbauon and ｲｾｴ｡､Ｚｬｩｯｮ＠
l oxygen cft1uxcs
.\ :;,'fiRfr;;R fift.lliffl
4. b1odivcr.my
4 . .$c,•
57. In tlu: follow ｩｮｾＺ＠ profiles of p!aJtklou produc·
ｓＱＮｾ［ｲｩｦ＿］ｬ＠ tion and ｲｾｳｰｩ｡ｴｯｮＬ＠ iMntify the point.'lthat
r;.rtr i! lf mllC ｾ＠ ｾ＠ represent compensatinn and critical depths

I. :\ "'critical d<::pth and B is compensation

dc:plh
A 2. A is ｣ｯｭｰ･ｮＮｾＡｕｩ＠ dl.jlth and 13 is cnti<:al
2. A
3. c J. C compensation depth and A is critical
dCf}ili
4, A
4. A is cnmpen'Stl.tion depth and C is crilicat
qcplh
58. 'lbc process ofnitrifkation Call be described as

I. ｾ＠ w ｾ＠ if .:JNiii7R I. reduction of nitrate to :mnnonium

11ii ｩｦｾ＠ 2. oxidation ofammomwn to nitrate
3. oxidation of ammonium to
3. ＢＧｾＣ＠ 4. rcdlK.'lion of nitrate to molocular nitrogt'11
4. ｾＭ＠
59. ii f'tiir« l'f'l'ill(ltrto 10' ｬＱＧＩｲｾｦｴ＠ >.."""'' 59. \\lhich Cine of the following element's
If ｴｾｔ＼ＯＷ＠
if<>Jf fitqm W/71 0lf I ? residence time is !e.ss than that of the residence
time of sea water (IcY to Io• y.:ars)?
ｾ＠ I. Calcium
2. VfflfT 2, Zin'C
3. 3, Aluminium
4. 4. Magnesium

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60. Over,!ll, day to day \'arialion in the sea

s1ufacc: temperature in the global oceans can
have a maxunum range of

2. 1o<>c L 2 ｾ｣＠ 2. IO"C

4, 5 "C 4, S"C

61. 1!tiJu1 :'(I;U,'T :; T<1 :;];U{l ;f, Jt:)tffif ｾ＠ "* 61. l1lc Bowen's r;uio that measures tHe ratio of
sensible to latent IJe11t fluxes from 1bc sea
ｾ＠ ;.t ?'ifl if 'if1<l1 Ｎｾｭｲ＠＾ iJ.
ｴｾｩ＠ 10• ;.rzl 0.4S '"1
":"'}' <:' * (1,23 t f ｾ＠ Jm? 1111lfiR!1T;
surfa«: 10 the atmosphere above, is 0.45 at
70" N and 0.23 at 70" S. This difference is
bl.x:ause:
ｾ＠ •TI<'fr</llJII ｾ＠ ff!1fT I
2. ｾ＠ 7ftmd >t f(I!/Ttl fltii;f ift;1t # ' 1. d1e southern Ａｾｭｩｳｰｨ｣ｲ･＠ receive:<> less
3 ｾ＠ Tit<mJ crmlt w<'fr"J 11>? ｧﾫｾ＠ if radiation
ｾ＼ｉ＠
2. winds are weak<."t in the ＺｳｯｵＱｨｭｾ＠ hemisphere
illffff'l/rftll ｾ＠ t 3. SOUthern hernisplterc is cooler tllan the
4. ｾ＠ q!zfrrf rpr 71
ｾ＠ If <f-It ｾ＠ ｱｾＮＬ＠ $ ｾ＠ llf7
northern hemisphere
Jfi1Ti I I
4. southern hcmi!iiphc.Te hzls lesser continental
area and lacks the ad\·cction of C"Oid t:OOtl·
nc:ntal air in wInter

62. fWf rdi'f;m tilt ｾﾷＢＨ＠ nr.t p. 3Il!1r. Ｇｑｾ＠ fflll.f f.tr;;; 62. How will the following two parameters
ｾ＠ !m11.'(} 1111 ｾｬｴＦｦ＠ $it '!Jtw 1) ｾ＠ ;;vlf1 change with tatitud!! keeping the wmd stress
'(fill ri fflR it ｾ＠ mm t 1 2J rrrrft rmi! consi:uu? I) dcptl1 to which IM wa1er is
ｾｲｴｩｬ＠ influenced by wind and 2) the Sllrfau i!pted
oftbc current

1. '['hey increase with latitude ffl both !he

ｨ･ｭｩｾｰ｣ｲｳ＠
2. TI!C}' decrease with latitude in both the
lwmisphercs
:t rrI<'fr<1 if Jl1ffftl It$ ｲｦＡｬｾ＠ It lfitlt 11 l. TI1ey increase wilh latitude In the oorthem
i!lf!!'rt ｾ＠ 1f ｾＧ＠＼ ｾ＠ * ｾ＠ rrJ•fl 1 hL-rni$piW!rc, and dcm:asc wiU1 latitude in
tnt' wuUU!tn jletilisphew
4' -;t;;rsft ＢＺｲｭｦ＠ｾ if ｾ＠ ;f, 'ffl!{ 11 if 4. They mcre<.JSe with latitude in the s:outhem
:::m't't 'i'J;'JJti if u:Jmtn ;t mu herruspllere md decrease With latitude in
the northern llemisphen:
63. ｾＭ＠ 'ii"'?f'i ;f, fPP!J ｲ､ｨｐｾﾷ＠ ;),""(if 'l7f"ll'( 63. During the southwest monsoon, !he Somali
>¥ ｲｊｉＨｦｾ＠ 'RtJtrrfl rmr.250 l#o iMt 200 Jfto
ｾ＠ current chat flo\\o'S in the westenl Arabian Sea is
>r.UJ r1fit 4 J#to llfif i'to ' I 1 2:50 !on wlde, 200m deep wilh a mean speed of
1
'1r.fl f. 11 ｾ＠
ｾ＠ PM{ if r i <li1 ;Jffir<S'Ir. !. (1ｾＭ lO"m' 4 mio' 1• The water flux in Sverdrups is (lSv =
s'
1
) '
l06mJ s' 1)

I. 200 2. 250 200 2. 250

3 20 4, 2000 3. 20 4. 2000

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64. i1t ｾ＠ ｩｴＺｾ＠ if 1l(!W 64. in polar regions, deep waters form in the surfa<:e
tt ＬﾷｾｦＺｩＧ＿ｔｴｆ＠ by cooling and sinking. The typicaltenlperatute
of such waters is;

2. 4 l. 0 ''C 2. 4"C
3. -L9 "'(' 4 4. -32 ec
65. llte l'reezmg point of seawater

1. i ncrcases with salinity,

L 2. ､｣ｲ｡｟ｾｳ＠ w1th salinity.
2. ｾ＠ t1t ｗｦＧｾＢ＠ rrc7!1T ｾ＠ } 3. is indcpc:ru.lent of salinity.
3 . ff?f"'rfr i1 JFrtitfu'7r It 1 4. Increases with evaporation.
4. ｾＱｩＧｉｔ＼ｴＤｦｬ＠
66. Cyclones a.-e more prominent m the Bay of
66. .'P'f<f/ '!iP1Y ;$) if ;frm9 ;tfr ?Wit *' f]fl,"l//(1 Bengal than in the Arabian ｾ＠ dne to
WilirJ1]7!1 e
I. H1gher sorfacc tempelllture of Bay
ｾ､ＧｊＺｲｦｻ＠ rtft <ml! " mrti ｾ＠ :J.'firllf ,
of Bengal
2. Smmger wind"> over the Alllbian Sl:l3
2. .:Nif'f 'frflfi'! i; \Ji'%R TH'1 ｾ＠ 'li1R '! I
3. t.argc ｾｩｭ･ｮｴ＠ depOSition by the
ｾ＠ 'fWd r:ro J;f,)?!; ｊｴｾ＠ ｦ［ｊｾ＠
!iimalayan nvers
4, # :;rfil;!; g;,; Gf1'f !7ir f.irJ7r I 4. Large fresh water input from land

*#: ｾ＠ ｾｻｦ＠ ·'Til l/15 ;w;J ｾ＠ • 67. Ultraviolet mdiallon from the sun is mostly
absorbed by the

1. Troposphere
2. 'lf\11:! 2. Oecan &!lrfaee '
ｾ＠
3. ｾ＠ 3. land surface
4' Ｇｈｦｴｲｩｬｾ＠ 4, Str.lti)SJ)here

68. <fi<Jlq 1/} ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ,, .'i!IFI! 68. ldemit)' 11\e correct diasnun f'rom the options
* ［ｩｴｾ＠
q # <:rr:rrr-'t
ｮＧｬｩｾ＠ q;f' mft i$t gt ... en below that shows the relation between
rclallve humidity ('0/0} in a cloud and the
.:quilibrium cloud droplet radius (J.Ul1).

t'l Ｌｲｾ＠
Ｌｾ＠ ｾ＠
'f12 ﾷｲｦｾＯ＠
CtOt !H 14 hH O.il! Q1 tO tt)l)

'00
1)$'
ｾｑｊＮＴＱ［ｩｴ＾Ｍ
¢;1 14 IH
ＬｾｌＮＭ ¢;:'1
ｾＭｃＮｗＬｑｉＧＡ｜Ｉ
;1 til 'iJi

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69. \'1($ tiT Ｎｾ＠ f.t"1 ｾ＠ if ｾ＠ ilit;r-m m 69, Winch of the following surfaces would tend
1$7{ ;;;fim:r '*"
g;tff
to beat up the least, given the same amount of
msolation'!
L ｾ＠
2 ｾ＠ J. Meadow
2. Conl'Tete
3, mr 3. Rocks
4, :JW'flf 'fTI
4. Bare soil

10. The boriwntal ｾ［｡ｬ･＠ aud period of Russby

waves are:

I ｾＮｦｬ［ｯＧｭＡＺ＠ I. ｨｵｮ､ｲ･ｾ＠ of ｫｩｬｯｮｾｴＬＱ･ｳ＠ and s.::veral

2. ＠ｾ fq;o 1/'to ＼ｾ＠ fir-r hours
3. iPF;tf 4}o it>'f ;rrftif 2. ｬｨｏｳ｡ｊｩ､ｾ＠ of kllomett'rs and several
d.1}'S
4. ｴｾＮＬＭ＼Ｚｲ＠ ＠ｾ " wt ｾ＠ 3. hundreds of lll<!lt'rs anJ ,;cvcral months
4. ltundreds of nK"'ers Jl'l<l >everat years.

S/07 R0/12-2 AH-2A

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( mrr /PART c J
7L (ｾｴ｜Ｉ＠ ,f:):,;/u fll:r-rt>,t lP7 J(jll<t q:,._tffl f. fft t.f1'rn
ilit ,,rrm i'l'I O?l!;'t ｾ＠

2. Po 3. Zn 4. Cu& Pb

{Bl

(CI

C(100%)

L ll, Ill 17 IV fFf

4.

71 1AI If a Cu Ph Zn ore deposit ｵｮＱＮｫＭｲｧｯｾＺｳ＠ hv;J:rc•m<nnhic tlispersion, wluch ore is expc.:tcd to

'how grcatcr "'"'"'''".,

2. l'b 3. Zn 4. Cu&Pb

d)J T!:c ooa(lJekmg!llg to tl'lill:etal gJOUJ) VIIIIllite dominantly COntains

Spores 2. Cell walls of vascul<'tr plents

Oxidiscd plant materi:Jl 4, Resin and

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(C) The ligure sho\vs a ternary plot of C. II and 0 in the compositional fields of peat and coal m
relation to oil and oil shale
£(100%)

Which one of the following sequences correc1ly represents fields l, II. III & IV shov.n in the
above figure?

Oil shale- Anthracite Oil I•eat 2. Oil- Anthracite- 01l shale- Peat
3. Peat- Anthracite- Oil shalt Oil 4. Ot! Anthracite - Peat Oil shale

4. f1'fm

ｾﾷＮ＠ , •
(1) (2)
•
• •
• •
•

....
(3) (4}

... ,
• •
ｾＮ＠ • •

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72. (:\) 111<: Mtiler Index ! }lll a tlotmal class rr:presen•s whtch one of!he followmg crystal
fo::1n:>':'

2. Cube & Pyritohedron

4. Oclnhedron & lctrnhcdr<.•n

(t!l \4,-'hich one oflhc ｪｾＩｊｩｯｷｮｧ＠ sy:stcm:; shows both dlO) and (OJi) planes in
their ､ｩｬｔｲ［ｴｾｯｮ＠ pattern, separately?

Morwc Im:c 1.. Tetragonal

4. Cubic

be low rc:prescms a ｉ｡ｾ＠ icc. It!cntify its corresponding ｲ｣ｩｰｯＮ｡ｬｴｾＺ＠

(1) • (2) •
• •
• •
• •
• •
....' ,.
f
11'1.·:- ｴＢｾＮＧＬ＠
ｾ＠
(3} (4)
• • • •
• • • •
13. Zlrr:r 7/H • f·· · ;;; ｾＱ＼Ｂ＠ ::r.fitff ｾｬｩｔＢＧ＼＠ yflf'iiR t..'<J ｾ＠ r:tfrriTi<r ifft :mft
［ＺｾＧｲｭ＠ f.tr.:r ff IJ;t;r t ,'

I.

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(B) !;ifi i$tird ｬｾｔｩＮＧｊﾷｦ＠ If; ｾＺｽ＠ 1:j'flli'1l1 'IV: 'BMTV1 fil<t<"f"! ff'l'fl !'!•"! l<ffi} 4' <mfil 1ffl tf 'lfift
ｱ［ｾ＠ t1i'l ｾＷｩｬ＠

L ｴＺＧｦｬｩｾＷｔＣｲ＠
2. ＠ｾ ｾ＠ if ili1f Wff1RTll : I (frtt l?1ff ;;;rR tf)
3. ｾ＠ (1) if ili1f ;me rrl/ ｾ＠ 11 ｾ＠ (ii) if ilm 'Bl{mtVj ｾ＠
4. ＠ｾ (1) i5f i1>l7 mtJRTll U (ii) ;/; i1>l7 ｾ＠ 1fl1 If I

(C) filis:;r <:1 ＧＺｦｾ＠ 'Bffur tit! ;;ilftql li' ｊｆｲｦｾ＠ it111! >1 rrrv<.'<fl<r<ti <t ｲＺｊｩｦ､ｾｴ＼＠ !ii??VOl
ｾﾷ＠ m vn :m5ffl " ?

-- --
(i) (il)
I. ＨｩＩＭｾﾷ＠ 2. (i) ＨｩＩＭｾ＠

3. (i)- rmwrfl1, (ii) • ｾ＠ 4. (i) rn:<fR1'11, (ii) - r:JmRPJ

73. (A) Which one of the following ligures represents the correct directions of normal ｳｴｲ｣ＭＮｾ＠ (o,) and
shear stress (t) components due to force · F' on the given plane AB?

y v
' 2

ﾷｾＮ＠ II
y
I 4

ﾷｾ＠
II '

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(B) The followmg figures show the beddtng c:lcavagc- n:latJOnshtps on two ､ｬｦ｣ｲｾＧＱ＠ outcrops of a'
folded sandstone bed. ldcnttfy the C<)rr<:Ct statentem

l. Sequmres at both the outcrops arc overturned

2. Sequences at both the outcrops arc nghNnde up (normal)
J. Sequence$ at outcrop (i) is overrumed and right side up at outcrop (1i)
4. Sequences at outcrop (1) is narmaland overrumcd at outcrop (ii)

(C) Vvluch of the followms two pairs of s!l'ike dtp faults are expected to show
transprcssional and ｴｲ｡ｮｳｾＧＱｬｩｯ＠ deformation in the overlapping zones?

-- --- -
Iii [:i)
-
L (t)- transpression. (ii) ·transtension 2. (i)- ｴｲ｡ｮｳｰ･ｾｭｯＮ＠ (it)· tnmsprcsston
3. (t) transtension, (ii) • tran&prcssion 4. (i) transtension. (h) ·transtension

74. <A) ｾ＠ Ｇｾ＠ ｾ＠ ;t !f?T 1i ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ［ｾ＠ ｾ＠ .v fi'l;?; Ｚｲｾｴ＠ f.rr.:t ｬ［ｾＺｲ＠ >1 U>':r '"It :;iff r. ?
1fift;r;r ｾ＠ ｾ＠ q;:; ｾ＠ <I :muwr ｾ＠ <1ft gmT q 11.' TiT
,wfm!; # I
2. llttTM fiJiflj'T ＼Ｏｾ＠ ;ft?r"f o3f'<!:Tlh"fi!'iti II ｒｊｲｯｦＺＡｔＤｾ＠ ｾｍ＠ itill.h71 <I .3lf<l'if-:t If
t(lfi ｾｩｊ＠ J
3. f'P:Frifm ｾ＠ $ ｾ＠ 'lf;;.w $ 1f1P.l rp<1t $ ;fr-trmf ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Q'
ｦｴＧｾｬ＠ t't Jl/t1ft(f' ｾｉ＠
4. ﾷｾ｜ｉｴ＠ ｾ＠ 'lfh;nf it ｾ＠ it ｾ＠ '$ rftfrr;r q :muwr ｾ＠
ｾｩｦＮＡ＠

(B) fi17::7 it wiltFi ｾ＠ rdmfr i'fiTPTP( 'l1l <111f 'Til 'i'l1f'i!fq; 'liT ｾＭｲｮｦ＼ｬ［＠ m 11<:1'f
'fl(f ;pffli ｾ＠

4. ｾ＠

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(C) ｾｒｦＯＺＱＭＧｬＡｩ＠ ;;rmft rr'rrm/ t 1RW ｾ＠ r6 ;rm CT W[ltf it ｾ＠ JiTlfiR it ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｆｩ＠ <1
¥ vwr w 111'14'1·ni'f! 'l1f!l'fr ｾ＠ ':7f11 wvwft VlTdt t. .

74. (A) Which one ofthc following statements about the past and present extent of ice-caps
and glaciers is not true?

I. The present area of volume under the Antarctic icc cap is roughly six times more
thanlhose of Greenland icecap
2. During the last glaciation the Antarctic and Laurentide ice caps were identical in
terms or area and volume
3. At the maximum extent of glacial ice about two third of!he Earth's surface was
covered by ice-caps and glaciers
4. Unlike during the glacial periods the extent and volume of ice caps is maximum
today in the southern hemisphere

(B) \\c'hieh one of the following proxies does oot providl! a near annual ambient tc!TlJl't->ratur
e or
precipitation record?

l. Speleothems 2. Lake varves 3. Tree rings 4. Corals

(C) Pre-Holocene CV<."llls that ooincided ""'itJ1 the destruction of northern hemispllcrc icc shelves
and release oflargc volume of sea icc, tccbergs and fresh water into 1hc oceans arc known as

I. Heinrich events 2. Oansgaard· Oe:schger evems

3. Younger Dryas 4. Bond eveniS

75. (A) ＧｊｾＮｦｬ＠ ｾ＠ r;; m ｾ＠ ＢＧｾ＠ ::M f.r:=r q 'l1 ;;lt:lf-wr ｾ＠ W'T rrttfffl '{j,

l.
2. ｾＭｲｦ＼ＺＧｒｙｩＨＮｻ･＠
...
"·4.
(B) 3i'IR f!W -INJ},;q; ftr:rr ｾ＠ ｙｲｾ＠ iwr i111 ｾ＠ "'{<11 ct ＾ｲｭｩＧＭｦ＼ＡＷＢｾ＠ ｾｩｴ＠ tN!f-<RH
＿ｩｦＮｲｶｾｭ＠

L ｾ＠ <1 ｩＱＷｾＧｦｎｬ＼ｈＯ＠ 2.
3. ｲｬｴＡｷＭｾｊ［＠ <I *"fl:R 4.

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(C) ;lf.;l"ii<'e \>fil1>4)i'iJiili': ｾ＠ ｾ＠ /1} ｾ＠ 'Ril ｾｦｩｫＢＧＩＦｬＺｴ･＠ ｾｩｴ＠ /'itror vmrt

t, Ｇｾ＠ tj f!l ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾｲＮｒ＠ FlCfff t ?

l. Ca+Si==Na (Mgtfc)+Al 2. Ca + AI + Na (Mg+Fe) + Si

3. Ca (Mgi-Fc) + Na = AI ...Si 4. Ca + (Mg+Fe) +Si =AI+ Na

75. (A) Wh1ch amongst the following mineral sequences depicts the ｩｮ｣ｲ･＼ｾＮｳｧ＠ metamorphic grade of
argillaceous sed11r.<mts '!

Biotite Kyamtc Garnet- Staurohtc - Chle>nte

2. Chlontc- Gamt't - B1o11te - Staurolite Kyanite
Chlorite Biotite Gamel Staurolite Kyanite
4 Gamet- B1otitc Chlonte Kyanih:- Staurolite

(B) If a gabbroic magma ｡Ｚｳｩｭｬｾ｣＠ pcltttc cll'untry rocks, which minerals may develop in
the gabbro pluton margin?

Oltvme and Clmop)roxene :t Orthop;roxcnc and Nepheline

"'· ·""'""'" and Nepheline 4. Or1hopyroxcnc and Cordicnle

((') Whieh one of the followms chcmtcal substttul!ons takes place when ac!inolite is C(mvt:rtcd to
hornblende durmg greenschts! 10 amph1boli1e fac1es transition"

Ca Si-= ｎｾ＠ + (Mg+F.:) I AI 2. Ca t\1 + Na = (Mg+Fc) Si

J. Ca + (1\tg+Fe) ｾ＠ Na ｾ＠ AI-Si 4. Ca + ＨｾｴｧＫｆ･Ｉ＠ +Si AI • Na

76.(A) ｾ＠ ｾ＠ c.rrr.ritrr ?1 fiim vrrii llTffl r:r.rrrn.'!;;;r.,trftll ｾ＠ f{i!i .JfPl

:rr.ri!'!iflll ;-.f:;rfn mrw; i?ft'ifrr ;;,7Fimit zt
r<JJ it mmrt ｾ＠ ?

(B l ;.ft'i!rf Jl<Rm:r tt r:trrc·N€1 Ｌｨｽｾ＠ i3lf! a:rf?::1 " '"""'"""'="' ｴ＿ｊｩＡＮｾ･ｭ＠ .1?ft Ｎｾ＠ i!iV1 <tr<'l :J&.'
<Pii'<)i <.h't.f -i];Ff i

YFJ1: ｾＮｯｲ･Ｉ＠ c:f<.'J.'kn <l ffrWFT

2. vr\'1 ｦＮＺ｛ｾ＾［＠ it ,'?)r..f.t:; Jtf9'i:1tv.H
J. ;:;:;>:rfrr< fff'rlf!;; r.;rr ｾ＠
4. 'f/TF -;iJ; ;ft<l qfl ｾ＠ fP<<'f(/ ｾＡｦ＼ｊ＠ <bf<."r <mJ q or.r"fr>IJ"::rPtr

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ＨｃＩｾ＠ 11 rmrr ｾ＠ ｱｲｾＧｖｦ＠ <1ft JJffl;f; JT;JYffT mr 1fwfrft t

I JJffl;f; ｾ＠ <i>'fi;r ｾ＠ fl q;q ＠ｾ f#f>rffl
2. q;q dirT 'f/f;l;r ｾ＠ 11 Jlfi'r.1; ＠ｾ ftelftr
3. ＠ｾ t#lr ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 11 JJffl;fi ｾ＠ ｾ＠
4. q;q dirT 11i'f;ir:r ｾ＠ 'If ;ptf ｾ＠ fklff1

76. (A) Paleoenvironmental interpr<:tation c:mploying microfossil records is the key input in
petroleum system analysis. The continental margins are !he potential areas for the
hydrocarbon exploration. Which ofthc following microfossil groups is expected to be
most abundant in marginal sediments?

1. radiolaria 2. benthic furamimfera

.l conodonts 4. planktic foraminifera

(B) What ar<: the principal factors controlling the morphological characteristics ofbenthtc
foraminifera and their distribution in marginal sediments ?

I. sea surface sahnity and temperature

2. dissolved oxygen in water column
3. vertical temperature and sahmty gr-.u.lients
4. sea bottom oxygen condition. organic carbon nux and hath)'metry

(C'J High abundance ol elongated and nattened benthic roramJnifcra Indicates

. 1. high organic carbon llu."< and low oxygen eondilion

2. low organic carbon flux and high oxygen condition
3. high organic carbon flux and high oxygen condition
4. low organic carbon flux and low oxygen condiuon

YI':Jift ;;trm $ l'lrist7i :f ｬｦｩ＼ｉＧｈＺｊｾ＠

1/ifl ｾ＠ '?

1.

I.
2.
45 53 firo 17ff rp
Ｚｊｴ･ｬＮｦｾＧＢ＠
1 l - 12 fito 'tlrl !J.<I :JttJCI¢!UJ
*tt <tfil!rrf ｾ＠
wr
wr
3. 25-30 f.:ro <fff 1'J!f :HtJCii/J'fi;ibJ 'it ｾｊｬｩ＠ <Iii
4. 45 - 53 f.:ro "' w
<tfil!rrf ｾ＠ ..ｾ＠ ::Jif;.yJfal/1 <h1

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(C) ＿ｴ［ｦｾＢ＼ｬＧ＠ JJm;t ｾ＠ ｬｦ＿ｾ＠ ml7ffl' <1il fit.m;rr lftl PI Q'il?Uf Jfli&ilffbm i7ir ｾ＠
Ｂｾ＠ v:rr ｾ＠ ｾ＠ rtlf fml; m, ｾ＠ 'liRf/7 S3i1

1. ｾ＠ ｾ＠ q;r ｾ＠ rt<i fR11lT ｾ＠ '/fi7 1/Ffl ｾ＠

2. trr ｾ＠ .c- ﾷｾ＠ '((lf tr.tY1fT ｾ＠ <liT ro t.Pn
3. ｾＧｩ＠ Q;:{f1fT y<iff'l q;r iR' 1fhr
4. TfT7f f'i fl•br;:r;; <t ｾ＠

77. (AI The ocean seaways/gateways play a crittcal role in the evolution of global oecan circulation,
climate and marine biota. \v1mt is the approximah: t.Jming of closing ofPamuna lsthumus?

l\'liocene 2. Pliocene 3. Eocene 4. Oligocene

(B) The opening of the Tasman Gateway occurred due lo the separation of

I. Australia from Antarctica during 45 53 Ma

2. South America from Antarctica during 11 - 12 Ma
3. Australia from Antarchca during 25-30 Ma
4. Australia from Southeasl Asia during 45 53 Ma

The development of Circum -Antarctic Circuhuion and as a consequence thermal isolation of

the Antarctica tnggcrmg global c.ooling m the ｃ･ｮｯＷｾｩ｣Ｌ＠ occum:d due to

Opcnmg of Tasman G:ttcway <1nd closing ofllanllmil lslhumus

2. Opcmng of Drake Pas::;agc and closing of Panama hthumus
Closmg of lndonc:sl!lll and Pallllma lsthumus
4 Opcntnj;! of Drake Passaf!l.C Tasman Gateway

78. (i\) l'l'1"! l$':1 ;,¥ tf<"<>' A, ｲＮ［ｾｃＧｩｬﾷ＠ if-l'•:rtZ:.::-<11 ift1fT vr1 fir.:::1tfTf1fi ti!Ro.<ti<ff?Ul 11>7 ｊｉＺｾ＾Ｂｩ＠ <IS'i!ffl (,;;rm6
17,•'<} r;Rrf.Fli'li" i!

ＱｯｲＭｾ＠

-ｾ＠
£ 10
c
.£!

i 1

i
0
0.1 ｾＭ＠
F (de.gree of fractionation)

2. A-Jr<rtlff B-#11<1 ｃＭｾＱ＠

4. ;\-deW ｂＭｾｦｔｬＧ＠ C-Jf'lilffl

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L A Ｍｒｂｾｃｄ＠
2. A -'<"l{.)<ll'triut B- 1fTif;; ｃＭｾ＠ ｄＭｾ＠
3. A Ｍｾｂｃ ｲｦＮ｣ｄＭｾ＠
4. A ｂＭｾｷｲｫＯ＠ D- rwf<!

ＨｃＩｕｒｾａＮｂＬ＠ D 'liT f.Fr P-T fin{

i#Pr-m tt :>

1. AT!'P ｾｉ＠ ＷＱＸｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 2. Bt;'il!i ｾ＠ i1 Af[cli 'J.I:lt<trllft g

3. Cl[ifi ﾷｾ＠ # ＼ｾｄ＠ ｾ＠ tt 4. ｄｾ＠ ｾ＠ t 'i!fC fT<1i ｾｬＯＱ＠ t
78. (A} For a basaltic magma undergoing fractional crystallization, elements A, B, and C
in the following diagram represent

- - F (de-greet ol rraetlonatton)

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A---incompatible; B neutral; C- compatible

2. A -incompatible; ｂｾ＠ compatible; C ·neutral
l A -compatible; B-neutral; C- incompatible
4. A -neutral; B-<:ompatiblc; ｃｾﾷｩｮ｣ｯｭｰ｡ｴ｢ｬ･＠

(B) From the following schematic REE patterns of different minerals, identify the correct
match

A-garnet: B--plagiocl::.se; C-monazite; D-amphibole

2. A--plagioclase; B-gamct; C-monazite; D-amphibole
3. A--plagioclase; B-monazitc; C-garnet; D-amphibolc
4. A---monazite; B-plagioclase; C-amphibole; D-garnet

The following P-T diagram depicts four metamorphic reactions A, B, and D.

\Vhich one of the following statements is correct?

I. A is a geothermometer and B is a gcobarometer

2. B is a gcothcnnometer and A is a geobarometcr
3. C is a goothermomctcr and D is a gcobarometer
4. Dis a geotbermometer and Cis a gcobarometer

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79. (A) f.tr.r ｾ＠ ｦｬｲｴＡｈｾ＠ fWii if it i1'517m ｾ＠ r'Pm;if ;f; lPR tR ｷｩｴｾ＠ 'II>Vfff
#?

(B) !)wr 1fFfl \ifRff if fi; ｾ＼ｬｩ＠ 3/i:rfllet tr8'l ii/i ｾ＠ 1fWf it" ｓＭｾ＠ tit !Rr(e ;pr& I f S·
f1'1'i'n ;t ｾ＠ ｾ＠ if fitftJe ｾ＠ r#rw Tm-itW ｾ＠ t ?
1, ｾＭｦｍｩＧ＼ｬﾷ･＠ l'fl"fc
3, ｾｰＺＭＱｆＧｦ＼Ａ＠

(C) 2 rtRlrfto\"W Rb (Dab= O.OI)<il' ｾ［＠ ｾ＠ il'Nr<t lo<'A. 1f!Tl-1!Wf ｩｴｾ＠ 1FMT t I
ｾ＠ ｾ＠ .fRb 11ft <!l!liMt :> mrm
1. 40 ppm 2. 20ppm 3. IOppm 4. 2ppm

19. (A) Which one oflhe following phase cquil:ibria diagrams correctly represents lhe formation of
sub-solvus granites?

Ab Or

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!B) S-typc granites. arc considered to have formed hy parliat meltmg of pelitic sedimentary rocks.
Wh:>1 :1rc the characlcnstlc modi!l rrunerals m the S-typc gramtcs''

Mu:;.covltc Silhmarutc - (i•rmd 2 Hornblende - Corundum - Acmitc

ｍｵＺ＼Ｎ･ｏｖｬｩｾ＠ . namct - /\emile 4. Acmrte - ReJbc:ckitc - Corundum

(C) :\ gnmnc is formed by 10% hatch melting ofbasalnc source w11h 2 ppm of Rb ＡｄｾＢ＠
0.()] }. What will be Rb concentrallon in the gramtc melt?

40ppm 2. 20ppm 4. 2 ppm

80 (A) ｱＬ［ｾＮＩｶｩ＠ J1'lriil'?!t '!ftwft Q

lii I tJ ｾ＠ ｊｾ＠ !pf ;fft; ｾ＠ ＠ｾ q·
::J ｾ＠ ｾ＠ i'fWfr1 f I f?'!'f;:;r<jj ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ lJi ｾ＠ ffl#q{/ lPf141i'f"Yf
ｲ｡ｾｊＧ＠ f:"[J;_; :} :8 fiP'H 'lJ?f ｾ＠ "" s!Pf ｾ＠ t:tm ｾ＠ ?

2, !J'TifJ fj!fi 'Tr£:1'?- ｲｭｬＧＬｾｴｕｉ＠ ｾｲﾷｆｐｩｬ＠

4. \':11'':3? ｴｎＧｗｦｬＭｾ＠ ｾｲ＠

2. m&r ｾＭｳｦｬＧＣｴ［＠

4. ｾＭ＠

80 (A) Pak"Qgcne sedimentary rocks arc dcvcl()pcd m the Hrmalaya, and the shc:lfbasms of Kutch-
Saurashlrn, western RaJa>than, Tiruchirapal!y-Pondicberry and Kcrala. The Pak'Ogcnc
successrons In these areas exhibit spatial and temporal variations in litho- and bro-fac1es.
\v'hich of the following microfossil groups is commonly ｵｾＭ､＠ for biostratt&,'T:!phic sulxlivisions
of the coastal and Himalayan ｭｾｲｩｮ･＠ Paleogene SUC(essions?

I. Planktic forominifera 2. Radiolaria

3. Diatoms 4, larger foramimfcm

(B) The follo'Wing hst prov-ides pairs of rock formations representing strat1graphlc equivalents.
Which one of the following is incorrect?

l. Langpur Fomtation - Pondicherry Formation

2. Subathu Limestone Pondicherry Formation
J. Laisong Formation- Kopili Formation
4. Langpur Formation Kopili Fomtation

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(C) Which one of the following formation is rich m lignite with 1ts ･＼ｾｴｲ｣＠ stratigraphic age?

L Palana Formation Paleocene 2. Disang Fonnation • Eocene

3. Subathu Formation·IWccm: 4. Kopili Fonnation Oligoecne

81. Ｇｬｦｴｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1f1Tfi1>'7 if w'M-r f/ifJW! ＿ｉｾ＠ ｩｦｾ＠ ｩｎｾ＠ t!lfi :JII!Jf ｾ＠ f.Nmf
t 1 'l."ff trc'll< ｾ＠ ｾ＠ il; ｾ［Ｉ＿ｽ＠ t, & -Q J/Wi!t mtrllf;rq; 7lT ｵｦ＼ｬＭｾ＠ ｾｖｉ＠ ;$ ｾｔ＠ ｾ＠ 3 I

I. ｾＤｔｭｩｷｬｵｴＸ＠ I
2. ｾ＠ ｾ＠ $ fJP.r ｾ＠ li::fff 1I
3. ｾ＠ ｾｩＱｴ＼ｖｆｶｮｭＣ＠ 1
4. ｾＱＩ＿＠ II

(B) ｾ＠ <J; ｾＭｦｬ＼ｲＮｴｩＢＧ＠ ｾ＠ q,'r.f ｾ＠ "1ft ｾ＠

1 1f<:T<'I:Jif'm ｾ＠ ifiT ｾ＠ fRffT t' I

2. '/!!Jiff.'/ili wrt1 1l'f"li'61l if C02 it JlTUl<:<r rff
3. wft ｾ＠ it ｾ＼ＧｦＭｴ＠ rmrr t 1
4. ｾＺＡｊ［ｦＸ＠ I

81. Ltmcstone deposition plays an ｩｭｰ＼ｾｮ｡ｴ＠ role in ｾｲ｢ｯｮ＠ seques!rlllion and climate change on a
geological timescale. Limestones are polygenetic m origin and they can be detrital. chemical or
biochemical in origin

(A) Which of the following statements is oot correct regarding limestone?

I. Calcarc:mte:> a:re found to occur with qttartzy arenites

2. Dolomites arc formed aller limestones
:t The coarsely crystalline calcite is called micrite
4. Fessil skeletal materials are abundant

{B) Which is not related to limestone deposltionat eJlYlronmento;.''

I. Reds 2. Hadal Zone 3. Ttdalflal 4. Slopes

(C) Which statement is true for weathering of limestones ?

1. causes ocean acidificallon

2. has no effect on col scqu<.-stration on a gcologicalumescalc
3. Favored in arid climate
4. makes groundwater soft

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82. (A) J;flf

I. dtur '/fJ.Tj<1' :Rffl;:o 1rrrf ;; :1m "fi?Jii ｾ＠ 1#'t F1 vmff 1

2. 1tui r:;ri 'fftrr <ff.if JTf;m; Tf?1{ '
3. ｾ＠ 3/f<}q; ;f:;ft m r
4. ｾ＠ 7Ji;7f

(D) llf7l sw 4 if swd iii'(:/!

ＧｪＬｩｬｾｊ＠ ?1>">1"17: wP ｾ＠ 'JfT

2. ｾｩｴ＠ ;mrfj ｾ＠ .;

4. ({firr4/ ｦＡ＼ｾ＠ " ¥fW ｾＧｲ＠ il

4.

82. (;\) lfEat1h's ax1s ofmclina!Hl!l to the plane ofrcvolul!on increases from ＲＳｾ＠ to ＲＴｾ＠
2 2
lhcn in the north pole region, compared to the pre.seru.

summers ｢｣ｯｭｬｾ＠ warmer and win1et'S colder

2. both summers and wmlcrs hccmnc wam1cc
3. both summ.:r:> and wmtc:rs become colder
4. ,;ummcrs become colder :1ml wmtcrs wanner

(B) If sw. and SW4 lim: annual and d;nly average msot.:uions at :1 givtm lantudc rcspcclivcly. lhcn
their maxtmum values arc respectively observe-d a1

l. North pole and troptcs 2. Tropics and north pole

3. Troptcs and mtd lahludc 4. South pole and n1ld lallhtdc

(C) Suppose the Sun-Earth distance doubles Then rclatJvc to its present value the solar
constant will ｨ｣ｯｭｾ＠

I. Twice 2. Half
3. four limes 4. one-fourth

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2. ｾ＠ (f fte« JfflliFj f1iF!1f

4. ｾＢｉｦ＠ rtlliTf

2. 1,filj ｾ＠ ll ｾＧＨ＠ JlPJWf flil;1f

1. ｾＧＯｬｩｦ＠

3. 1,filj Wllff!lft 1f ｾ＠ flil;1f 4. ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Jffl1Wf "If ftfR tmf fJN111

2. ｾ＠ JTiiP1

4. '8'il(>JjfW'11 flil;1f

83. (A) Getting the wet bulb temperature invoh•es

I. Isobaric :and isothermal process,es 2. Isobaric and constant volume processes

3. Isobaric and adiabatic processes 4. Adiabatic and ioothennal processes

(B) Bvaporatioo process is

e..H f. an isothermal and isobaric proceM
2. an isothermal and constant volume pr-ocess
3. an Isobaric and adiabatic process
4. a constant volume and constant pressure process

(C) Measuring dew point lempcrature involvts an

L Ｑｳｯ｢Ｎｾｲｩ｣＠ process 2. isothermal process

3. adiabatic process 4. isentropic process

L z.s•c ilPn 2. ｉＢｃｾ＠

3. l"'C 4. 2.5"C f.lf::irf

it Vif (b) r(lfJ fP7II'N IJil'Pt' it 2 kJ ;p1'{ fi:m \JfN'U ｾ＠ I
{B) 0.5 kg ｾ＠ (a) 1,filj f/u( JmliFf rm;rr
:N7f? !Offlrili tf1fl1TFl f[<li ｾ＠ lOOK ｾ＠ m m-m 11>2R mft # ( T, 4 T& i1>1rn: (a) q- (b)
'ifflf3ff if ｾ＠ <rf1:l1rF! {! )

1. r.= ｲｾ＠ 3. T.< 11.

SJ07 RDI12- 2AK-3A

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<r ＧｦＢｊＷｾ＠ Jt t:;'?l! ｾ＠ ro !JVf ;rif '?'17 fil;o Jfto ff<li

l7:hlli "lli i1mi .fl'i1Tfr. w,, W2 ,w) g "'
2. w2 > o, w., o
Jv, o,
=0, W3 0 4. w o, w" o. w) > o
( l fj water evaporates Ill I kg uf :ur man isobanc process., then ait ｲ･ｭｾｴｵ＠ will

by2.5°C 2. decrease by ｉｾ＠ C

mcrcasc by I'' C 4. dccrea5<e 2.5" C

IBl added to 05 kg aar under (a) a constam volume process. and (b} an ISobaric
If the mtttaltcmpcrllllures art' !he same and equaltu300K, then which statement
[ and T, are linal H:mpemturcs In cases (a) and (b) respccuvclyJ

2. 4. lh ＱＴＷｾ＠

!f If W1 and W, arc tht' works done of :ur lifted to I km hc1ght rn unstable,

and ｾＡ｡｢ｬ･＠ almosp!lercs. th<-'11

It I I) W, 0, w, 0, w, 0

85.(!\) !K v T, lOOK 1 ;;t;ir r;;r; itt ｾ＠ ll ｴ＼ｾ［ＮＺｲ＠

ｊｬｔｲＧｕｾｻ＠ lb'f'(f TV, FJ TV,

IU 'Ym t{ if; II'(/ -<41 ,l;;l:rftur

,;l}r.; ·•
ic'

ｾｹｦｬ＠ Yd, YJ "tit

3. Yc 4. 'Ym < '(d

SIG1 RD/12-2 AK-38

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85. (A) T1 and T2 are the ｴ･ｭｰｮｬｲｾ＠ of two air pa:rc:els and T1- T2 lK and 1i 300K. Both
are at the same pressure and density. If q 1 and q1 are their specific humidities and T1'1 and
Till are their virtual tempentures, respectively, then

1. q 1 > q2, 1'JI,=1Yl 2. q 1 < q2, TV1>TV2

3. q, < qz, TJ't=TVz 4. q, > q1, TV 1>TV:

(B) In a tephigram, the co-<!rdinate axes represmt the variables

I. temperature and pressure 2. pressure and voll.lllle

3. temperature and entropy 4. potential tempetatUTe and pressure

(C) If Ym and Y4 are moist and dry adiabatic lapse n1tcs ｲ･ｳｾｴｩｶｬｹＬ＠ and y. is tl1c ･ｮｶｾｲｯｭｬ｡＠
lapse rate, whieh among the follo\\'ing statements is alway!! true?

L iff<flPt rf.t If 2. W?f& $ ｾ＠ '>Wf If

3. ｾｭｲＺ＠ 4. -10° c u-20°C '(ffl'f it it'i1
(B) rpli ::m11 ｾＭｵ＠ if

1. ＧｈｉＢｾ＠ wrof iff<:Fr ;t iWtl 'l{fl! If f. I

2. 'FFf1?1iff zm;/ 'li11RJ ;/; ｾ＠ 1WT If rtffl' If I
3. lifl'l:Ff lfJT ｾ＠ '"" ｾ＠ ＠ｾ
4. 'lfr<:H !fir 'f9l •;rrr ｾ＠ ｾ＠ I

(C) WiJ ｾ＠ rn ｾ＠ flmf! ｾ＠

I. '<l:YT<'Iili wvl iJrlfr.1 r.rv ｾ＠ stet ｾ＠ 1

2. ｦｩｖｔｉｾ＠ 'ilrvl ;;;r4t;? rn ｾｩＱｦｬ｡＠ r.tri' i! 1
3. ｾ＠ vi IFfT1'Wf ifrvl <fiiW rJ'J ｾ＠ GfrdT lt I
4. ｾ＠ vi ｾ＠ ifrvl 'ifiW ｾ＠ ＠ｾ Vi10T t I

86. (A) In a thunders:tonn, eharges an: mainly generated at

I. cloud base 2. clo1.1d top

3. at freezing level 4. between -I 0" C and - 20" C levels

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!n a lyp;ca! thumh:rs!orm

ncgatm:: are at the cloud top 2. posmve charges are at the cloud top
!f!Jl neuual 4. middle of the cloud is neutral

When hghtmng strikes the ground

pos11tve is deposited on the ground

negative clutrgc is deposited on the ground
J po>J!tve charge moves upward from lhe ground
4 charge moves up t'rom the ground

(ll) Ufcr11R q lf'{ ;pr..fl?J ｲｴＢ｣Ｇｒｾ＠ lP(l P1lw firm 'if

9\Z i{U;g;:h<J, ｾﾷ＼ｊｔｦＯＱＧ［＠ f/ ｐｴｭＳｬｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｦｬｾ＠ ｾｒｦｩ＠ ｾＩ＠ ">

).

81. (i\) For ｡ｲｬ＼ﾷｾＢＧ＠ which of the following problems. a coupled ocean-atmosphere model1s not
essential?

Predictmg the path or a tropical cyclone 2. Seasonal predrction of the monsoon

EN"SO prediction 4. Climate prediction

(I:!) In a specttal model, ｶ｡ｲｩ｢ｬｾ＠ are approximated by periodic functions along (XJ'.Z,
respectively, refer to 7Dnal, meridional and vertical directions)

I. on! y the x direction 2. only they direction

both r and z directions 4. both x andy directions

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(C) Th<: 1argt$t amplitude of interannual variability is observed in the following tropical ocean
basin

L ｗｾｴ＠ Pacific 2. Cenmsl An-tbian Sea

3. &yofBengal 4. East Paci fie

88. (A) ｾ＠ ｾ＠ il ｾ＠ 'R ｾ＠ lllR fliT ｾ＠ filmTV i1fi<mTf N<V lhur t •

1. r/tfJr 1fFRJ:f * iF1ll cw ｾ＠ ffff 1t 2. • ｾ＠ ti1 7flf<l. lit ｾ＠ ro if
3. ｾ＠ ｾ＠ * 'iPPl VCf ｾ＠ rPif if 4. Wlff ｾＮ［＠ fit f(T(lJ. VCf " 'lJlif It

2. vcr ｾｲｯｩｴ＠
4. ｦｴＺ＼Ｍｾ＠ firr!f ro ii

88. (A} Longitudinal extent of westerly winds in the equatorial region is maximum during

1. Summer monsoon time in 1.-a·Niiio years

2. Winter monsoon time in La·Niiioyeam
3. Summer monsoon time in f!l·Niiio years
4. Winter monsoon time in El·Niiioyears
(B) Indian summer monsoon rainfall lui• never been excess in

l. La-Niiio years 2. BI-Nifio years

3. Leap years Indian Ocean Dipole years 4.
(C) If 1 W m' excess heat is added to the ocean-atmosphere sy.rtcm, then the global
1

temperature will increase by 1" C ill about

L ten years 2. fifty years

3. hundred years 4. ten thousand ｾＮ｡ｳ＠

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2. ifi1i ｾ＠ iflQ'1IPf

4. iTifl wmft m

(H)

2. ｾ＠ il>'t iRI{;
I. 4. r:lfPp; 11ft ｾ＠

2. 5.0 fil;a-sfto 3. 3. 0 fi'l;oJfta 4. 16.0 fil10:ft0

!19 (A) 200 hPa gcopotcntial shows a high oYer a certain area. Th1s corresponds to a

I. :;.urfacc pres,;;ure low 2. surface temperature low

J. surface heat low 4. surface pre5surc lugh

ln a monsoon depression, the centre of low prcss'Urc tilts rowards the

north 2. south 4. west

0.5km 2 S.O km 3. 3.0 km 4. 16.0km

ｾｈｉＮ＠ i'fi1Vfi1! (S). (fiT£6 iJ'fJifffll rr:mr il>i ;w:;rrr-r (J'.!) f!i'l ｾ＠ ｾ＠ (7'1) <i: m ＼ｾ＾Ｑ＠ '#<iu !f.fl
?-

2. 24.7 3. 35 4. 20

2. ｾ＠ mf'Jidf 1$ IMC't w:ft if

4. Jlfi:r;p· iff<fU/ffl if ＧｉｅＡｾ＠ w..fl rf

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I. ｾｴ＾Ｇｲﾫ＠ ffi1T iJ'iT ｾ＠ 2. ffi1T (}'if fW1fR '11 ｾ＠

3. 1!1.11 <1>1 fflT1I'1P'f <f ｾ＠ 4. ffi1T <h1 ＿ｦＤＱＨｾ＠ ?l fTlR 7ffit

90. The relationships between salinit)' (S). temperature at which maximum densicy (T.$) occurs for
sea water, and its freezing temperature (T,) are gh·en by

ｾ＠ = 4.0 0.215 s
1i = 'ilOS3 S

(A) At what value

1. 34.7 2. 24.7 3. 35 4. 20

(B) Ice fo1111S more cilsily in

lm...- salinity and shallow water 2 high salinity :md shallow water
3. low salinity and deep wa1er 4. high salinity and deep water

<C) ·nle rate at which sea 1ce forms ts a function or

I. air temperature only 2. air temperature and salmity

3. a1r temperabJre and conductivity 4. air ternperatu1e and wind speed

ｾ＠ flfi'rg
2. ＴＰｾ＠ <I 60" 1;, i:R'fllf'1 ｜ｬｦＡＧＭｾ＠ wr.RrffiJfT !".fZFf
3. ｾＭ［ｲＮｯｴ＠ it rr.f8 <fllr ｴ｡ｦｾｊｷｲｔ＠
4. Ｇｦｻ＿ＱＭｾＺｷｭｲ＠ ;}' !11'<1 iflfl

(B)

2. iii'S'I"$<4'!<1 ｾ＠

4. -nkrrfl <1Jf{f{f'1

(C) rrlif ｾｶ＠ Jf1o ｾ＠

I. Tflft".fi 2. ｾ＠ 3. <fllf 4. ｾ＠

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91 {A) The Antarctic circumpolar current IS driven by

t _ strong circumpolar vortex m the polar atmosphere

2. strong noltb-weslerly winds which prevail between about 40° and 60"S
3. !be intense solar radiation received in December-January-Febru ary
4. the mtcnsc solar Jaduttton recewed in June-July-August

(B) Maintenance of a permanent tongttc of pack·ic<:: across the northern part of the Weddt!l Sea is
hdpedby

l. h1ghcr prcciptUihon 2. atmospheric vortex

3. weakly developed circumpolar g:,Te 4. colder temperatwe.s

{C} Tile lypical time taken by large Antarclic ｩｴｾＭ｢･ｲｧｳ＠ (-lens of kilometers mlcngth) to melt is

1. months :t days 3. years

92. (A) JNit 'lfflfil 4 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1:/nl ｾ＠ "<lTi!l t]_IPIO:.frJI ｾＭｦＮ＠ PJs:;r it '# ｾ＠ ｾｲｦ＠ 'ir
![(§l}(f{ rmt t ?

Jt?rrrlrft e't7i 2. ｾｖｦｩｈ＠

3. ｾｲｦｴ＠ ?FRr

l. ｾｩｻｦ［＠ -+ wtmf! -+ Q:eZITJrr-. ｾＢＧ＠

2. ｲＺ［ｰＮｦｴＫｾ＠ ｲ［ＮＭｾｴ＼ＺｬｦｐＡｩ＠ Ｎ｟ｾ＠
3. ｾＡｰＨＬＢ＾ｦＩＭＫ＠
4. ｾＭＫ＼ＱｭｦＮｴＺＩ＠

4. ｾｲ［＠

92. (A) Microbial loop, said to be seasonally stgnlfkant in the Arabian Sea, can be perennially
v1tal m whl(:h of !be following situations?

Oligotrophic regions 2. Eutrophic waters

＾ｾ＠ mesotrophic locations 4. polar seas

(B} Which one of the following sequences in marine trophodynamics depicts the micmbial loop'/

Pbytoplanklon,..l1agellat es,.. Clltatcs,..zooplankton

Ciltate:s,..baclena ,..phytoplankton ,..zooplankton
3. Ba.;teria,..ciliates,..!lage llates,..zooplankton
4. f'hytoplankton,..bacteria,..flageilatccS,..:.wOoplankton

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\C) Identify the com:et set of primary consumers in the following options

1. Shaiks and storks 2. Crabs and croakers

3. Calanids and Anthowans 4. Salmons and barracudas

(B) ｾ＠ :r f.r.f ii wro .Y ｾｲ､ｴｬ＠ #a ;f; ww $ ｾ＠ iPt f!i6 iM <Fr ;iJ

iiilR <it ｾ＠ fJWf1 if ｾ［＠ :qr i:lf1l' \Jifoffl iir4 It 11/t 1f :mrrqft Iffl1'mT <f(l1 t ?

l. 'Pf <I; !Jill? 11>! ｾ＼ＭＱ＠ Ｇｂｊｾ＠ tfT tit iJilR ?/; ＠ｾ '# Jdil<5 1W1 # I

2. #a ;$ 11m "'' ＼ｴｦｬｪＢｾ＠ 1/R; 'tl"r $ \£W ;it ｾ＠ iT ｾ＠ 1W1 if {

3. 1!'4> WfPf r:;#mr # I
4. 1J;ITf lTiT ｾ＠ ｾ＠ t;:; Ｇｲｬｾ＠ !Jill? ;5 ｾ＠ 'E} fi'" ｾ＠ '1 I

(C) ｾ＠ rr<t ｾ＠ ir:11 0} m l1Ti:it ｾｲｬＡｦｩ､＠ ;t 'iFfW Ti J<1Zl ｾ＠ "ifllT t 7

I. ｾ＠ ft1f Ｍｾ -ey/t ft.q if. '1fit ｊｉｕｾ＠ fPl ｾｦｭ［＠ 1ffffiftq '# 3fl(ff t. I
2. fir;; ｾ｣ＧｦＺ＠ wji!t fPr t fJ.fil'i ｾ＠ ft1f ｾ＠ 1Ji!Jlflrl if :J1fff1 t I
3. zy,y 1$ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ft.q I I
4. <ft;if ｾ＠ Ti ft1f ｾＭ＠ 'llf.'!Ti'frril \'t Jm1 ｾ＠ I

93. (A) Which of the fullowing has the lowest albedo(%)?

t. Vegetation 2. Desert sand 3. Bare soil 4. ealm water

(B) At the same latitude. season and time of day would you expect the atmosphere above a
sandy beach 10 be wmmed more or less thaD that above a pine wood?

1 Atmosphere above pine wood is warmer than that over sandy beach
2. Atmosphere above: sandy beach is warmer than that O'>'er pine wood
3. Atmosphere above pine wood and sandy beach arc equally wmmcr
4. Atmosphere above sandy beach is doubly warmer than that over pine wood

(C) What is the main difference m origins of ic.e sheets that oover the Arctic and Anwctic
region.<;?

I. Arctic: ice is mam.ly sea-ic.e whereas Antarctic ice oomes from the Antarctic continent
2. Antarctic ice is mainly sea-ice while Arctic ice comes from the Arctic continent
3. Ice in both the regions is sea-ice
4. In both the regions ice oomc:s from the respective continents.

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94. (A) t:rfr ｩｦｾ＠ i/ Jf1<1ffl ＼ｾｦｴ＠ 7flfr? ｾ＠ ftia1 ;r,r f.irm ｾ＠ 1 ｾ＠ 'lMwl ?J«Rf <$
::.fr.if r:;y ｾ＠ qft ll[l'f ｾ＠ 'itiffi'f;[jl} J(1(/r<fR"Jf lft<t<l> ｬｾｕｦｊｉＯ＠
$i'i lr$7? ｾ＠ ｾ＠ t.
s. 5 yf 8.3 (Pili 8.5 ?1 8. 0 f1<li

4. 8.5 ｾ＠ 7.0 ""'

2. ｩＺｨｾＮｲ＠ 1/(flJ(Uf
3. ｾ＠ ＣｦｾｒｲｬＡ＠ :;;.frilmT
4, mrf+ ｾ＠ 1/#ir?ISfl

(c l 'fi'1'l ｾ＠ 'lff;f;r
ｾ＠

q(. \"li ij.iff! e;, {!: ""i ct.fJ ;;rRl if co, Jlff;p.;; ｬｾ＠ ;f
2. Zlf: ｾ＠ Slt:rffi:/>1 cil Wff fifltff ｩＮｾ＠ V:tlf ?f1Tit Jlf{);r; co, f.W.r [:1lm #
3. .:.•1:1 f!1ii el:r t ｜ｩｴｾ＠ Ｇｩｬｦｐｉｾ＠ i't 1Blfit ｾｩｦ＠ 1.·m iPt .rnr.ff 1P7ffT I 1
4. ｾｔｉＵＱ＠ •rtrr:r vrN <Ffffl Jtifl{<l 'IRIT f.i1fifo C0 2 it W"f <r"t '11:'?1:/ 7!iff ｾ＠ ｾ＠

94 (A) One of the serious global ccmccm5 in recent limes 1s increasing !rend m ocean ac1dlfication.
other perceived threats, i11s believed II} llffcct rnilrine life ratilc:r adversely. Overall,
ｯ｣＼Ｚｾｮ＠ acidification seems lo have ､ｾ＾｣ｎＺ＼｡ｳｴ＠ the glob;\! ｾＮ｡ｮ＠ pH

from 8.5 to !U 2. from 8.5 to 8.0

3. from 85 to 7.5 4. from 8.5 to 7.0

(13) Wlucll one of the followmg combinations of factors could worsen ocean actdifica.tion
sc.:nano'?

Foss1l fuel bummg ..- occa11 dumping,.. Tsunamis

2. T5unamis Acid ram+ thcrmoh.alme cin:ulalton
3 Ocean dumping + thcm1ohalme circulation+ fossil fud burning
4. Tsunanus + th.:rmohaline circulatiOn+ ocean dumpmg

(C1 Anthropogenic t:arbcm dmxtdc has p.:nctratcd the ､｣･ｰｾｴ＠ into north Atlantic because

l. It IS a cold rcgH:m and COz dmolves more in t:(>lder \Vaters

2. It is located bei:Wcen North Am<.."'ica and Europe wher-e mo:st of the COl JS produced
II ts a region whkh receives hc!!t from the trop1cs through Gulf Slream
4. wa!er ｦｯｲｭｾ＠ there and therefore 1l1e depth of sinking of anthropogenic COz 1s htghcr
there.

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I Gil

I. 45" 2. 90(1 3. (f 4. 60"

1. <:!h;45Q 2. 45" it
3. O'' ;t; ｾｦｬ＠
(C) f1t!J 1!112{'! 'ITt ｾ＠ .

ｾ＠ l:liF! ?f!fi.'VT'i'i <lit ｾ＠ ilfl Srf ｾ＠ ifRffl/fr I

2. ｾ＠ ll<A 1:11t g<if ilfl J.Ik ｾ＠ t!iW # 1
3. 1fU1 3/lrffl iffl it ,1/r.} flr&ft Ql:/:f W:p.:-.nM iifi1 'i{fff g<iT 'iff ,'iff.r ｾ＠ ｾ＠
4. 1i"o1.1 J/!Hft1 11:1. q(:!l{1{ it ｾｊｴ＠ fl1Pf ｾ＠ i#/ VJ<1 ｩｦｾ＠ CR<Ti' ｾ＠ 1'Rtft if I

95. {A} If the angle \!f between !he wind and lhe surface current is given by

sinh
1/Jff\,/ ｾ＠ --:;-'.,------::-'7
,<hth t.itt-
o,
where dis the ocean depth, D1 is the depth of frictional influence. If d = Dfo then the
value of 111 would be

]. 45" 2. 9()" 3. ｯｾ＠ 4. 60"

(B) Wh<.'ll tf << liltS

I. exactly 45" 2, significantly diflerent from 45"

3. clomto0° 4. closer to 90"

(C) ｬ､･ｮｴｩｦｾＧ＠ the correct statement

I. Trade winds cau:>e an equawrward 1rnnspon of sea wat<..'f

2. Trade winds cause a poleward ｴｲｮＮｾｰｬ＠ of sea walcr
3. Mtd-lat1tude westerlies cause a nee poleward transport of SC'a water
4. Mid-la!itudc westerlies cause an eastw·arod ftl!nsport of sea water

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96. ｾ＠ wr;Pr.ftfJ iPi/ Tt w<Nt{ifM' ;j; 11lfi1;r; fit;1;r.n f{ffif ilir f.rkf fFffl ifflfrt g I rJit ｾ＠ em: 'fl1f'lfl'
rrut t. ;;prifif fil;t;m Ｌｦｴｩ＼ｾＺ＠ <r:erJJf.fJ.l; r:<t ｾ＠ ｶｦｬｾＵＭｩＬ＠ ti$T'<2l>T # ｾ＠ 'I 1 t.'!W ?flit ;;r;mtif <8
ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ;j; ｾ＠ 1f Mfrl/} 'f{l(f! it ｾ＠ flr7::i fl7"''f ifii \Jflfi! {It;;,{' I

(A) ｾｻｦｩＯ＠ ffli fti!?'f 3 if ;mhn' '17/T !, lim; ｾ＠ til fE!JiN lir:f :f Qfi#Ql<5ir/iJJ ;;;t vft;rmi! \Jf:"f 'if
,li1l'fq ffl!i iifi 'Wfl1 :1 1ft J?/iR; tfrrn ?

l. 2. ｾ＠ ef::1
3' l16.'r<lifCtf.ff Ｈｦｾ＠ 4. ｾ＠ 1Ift w:tr

(B) ;#; fiil; fin b it ;mhn' '7<rf ｾ＠ A'•f 'I il qfr;:j 'lit ｾ＠ QliN<{ifitiP fi'fq;m ;j; :n·./frlfr"! fff<il?
ｦ［ｽｱＺｲｾＱ＠ ifUf:r 'ifi?'ffl (!
Jt ｾｦｬ＠ f¥fm' qm 2. Wflf/1 it 1-f<R ffif1 [:;( flPI <li
e'R if w-7 r:tfiltimt r;';w; ｾ＠ 4. 11h1 >i WP/r:iR'iJ'i!i <fif SlfWt; ｾ＠

(C) Rr:r c i1 ;:ll'rfm wr.Pr ｾＮ＠ ｉｒＢｦＱ＼Ｇｾ＿ｍｩ＠ ;tr fTirr ｾ＠ <li1 1!F'N'i1> 11m' I!
1 ｩｦｾ＠ >N f.tffi'Jf'l;:{'<fiP ;f; ｾ＠ iPT ;ffiR Vi17f1
2. ;rMt 1fFft;it it Qi#Ql.{')<lq, ;j; ｾ＠ qf'f q;rfl
3. 71 ｾ＠ fffiii <1ft ｾ＠ <fif 'f11i'I1Tf '([$ W7Pf ;wrr
4. ｾＮｭ＠ 1fif?l fim'm rmr
96. The following sct oftigurc:s depict annual phytoplankton growth cycles in diff<-'rel1t oceanic regions.
As ts well understood, their growth as affected by ph:'{$ical, chemJcal and some biological factors.
ｇｩｾﾷ･ｮ＠ your understand1ng ｯｦｳ･｡Ｎｾｮｬ＠ ｶ｡ｲｩｴｯｮｾ＠ of all such factors, answer the following:

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(A) In which ｷｯｲｬ､ｾ＠ regions would the pbytoplankton biomass be high only during
June-August period as shown in Fig a?

1. Sundarbans 2. Polar regions

3. Tropical Pacific 4. Bay of Bengal
(B) Which one of the following conditions best describes the major peak in phytoplankton
growth shown in Fig b?

1. Shallow mixed layer in tile region 2. Increased day length from February onwards
3. Low ambient nutrients in the region 4. High zooplankton biomass in the region

(C) What causes the more or ｬ･Ｎｾｳ＠ uniform but moderate phytoplankton growth shown in Fig. c?

1. Invariable zooplankton biomass tlwughoul the year

2. low phytoplankton diversity indices during all months
3. similar levels of solar radiation and nutrient concentrations
4. deep mi;.;ed layer alllhrough the year.

97. f.ffll ;/; ｾ＠ ｾｲｩｦ＠ it 'lfmr ｾ＠ <W'Ff ｾ＠ ｾ＠ it 3JTffl' f. I ｾ＠ ffiJ it ｾ＠ ｾ＠ fflilil it ｾ＠ 11U€ft
q viw *" 'lfl'Wl i!f1{i'fq; 3{'l1'(ffi1T 'llfftq 2-7 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ t f

(A) 'lfmr rt ¢ en:: rt 1ffreit 3lillf'(U! 'i1if <!fR ｾ＠ tt rdfrmr 1/tl11:Ff t

1. 65 2. 10 3. 35 4. 50

(B) ｾ＠ i'fCilfff riw; ｾ＠ writ 'ili'f m: Vw! t. <1([ t

I. Jitf.;m 2. ｾ＠ 3. ｾ＠ 4. ｾｔＨ＠ lf'f'R'f

(C) ｾ＠ ;sq; ｾ＠ ｾＩ＠ '1fT JJ1ll('1f ｾ＠ fl:p!l fl'i!P.nrhr t .

l. ｾ＠ 2. ｾ＠ 3. ｾ＠ 4. ｾ＠ tflr1(.{

97. India ranks :among the first 10 li:;hing nations of the world. The average annual landing of marine
fish and shellfish during the last rn·o decades from !he Indian coast is about 2 .i million tonnes..

(A) 'The percentage contribution of fish landings !Tom the east coast of India to total
landings 1s

L 65 2. lO 3. 35 4. 50

(B) The coastline is the shortest for the Indian maritime s1a1e of

I. Odisba 2. Kerala 3. Mahar.nhlra 4. West Bengal

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Tamil Nadu 2 (Misha

98.

3. 4. 0

I. [0. 0, 0, OJ 2. [1,!, I. 1] 3 [l, 0, 0. OJ 4. [1. 1. 1}

Sz +

105, -62, 4, 6l ;z_ [6, 4, -62, 105. -62. 4, 6]

6. 4, 105, 4, 6, 4 r1os. -62, '*· o. 4, -62, tosJ

98. (A) The transform ftmctlon of an 1nput s1gnal a, e""' pas:iotng through a ｦｩｴｾｲ＠ (I+ 2z) IS

(I.._ 2. (I _(;'
") '"') 3. 4. 0

(0) The founcr n-ansti>rrn "' [1. 1 I, I] lS

0, O.OJ 2. I, I, I. II 3. [1, 0, o. Q) 4. [I, -I ·ll
The Z•transfonn <>fan input stgnai 1s (I •2z- 8z ｾ＠ Then the autocom:lat1on oi the
ｾｩＡＭＧｬ｡＠ is

[105, -<i2, 4, 6} 2. (6, 4, -62, I OS, -62. 4, 6]

3. [-62, 6,4, 105. 4, 6. -62) 4. fl05, -62. 4. 6. 4. -62, 105]

99. 4 fiifo lfta trrdll

diliJcr ｾ＠ 1

I . fl!fet rr<: lffb;; ;;/; f1"f?!l

?/WriT I
2. 1/Jrrduft W!fofwlfp,; vfrf<fiN
3. m-Nv.fr !gf ｾＷｬｩ＠ vt(;<fil? /J
4. rr.kfiloff w, ｾｊｦｩｴ［ｬ＠ !iflld>l? :JIRM ｾ＠

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(B} ｾ＠ ｾ＠ qit ｲｾｴｱ［＠ fi!:iJ fir-rr "l1fit 2 ｾ＠ <if'l:r ｾ＠ Tf1fiT ｾ＠ 'il' ｾ＠ ,fit;rn vrtr!
fit iJit iJRttrfrt Ｃｾｦｬ＠
I. 470 fikJ 'lf1(11 2. 235 fi'la 'fin
3. 235 (rU - 470 11m Tffl'f if} iltw 4. - 470 ,7tc; W(if # 'fi11

(C) lift 1fJfF W1ill ｷｾ＠ flliif,f/•.fl ｾﾷ＠ ｾｭ＠ w ｾ＠ ｾ＠ it o.s rna Kf/'1 lffla lffto 'Pi
fR1!iT ｾ＠ JfFfft rtl rr<ifit '1ft ?J1fi:iT mt

1' 3. 7 fi'.l;o lfto 2. 3.3 f<1':ro tflo

3. 2.9 fii;(J Jfro 4. 2. 5 fiJro :fto

99. A mountain range of average height 4 km and density 2..8 gm/ec is associated with a BoU!,'tltr
anomaly of- 410 milligals.

(A) Which of the following statements is true?

I. 'The isostatic compensation of the mountains cannot inferred in the absence of density oo
values of the crust and the mantle.
2. The mountain :range is isostatically compensated.
3. The mountain range ls isostatically undercompcnsatcd.
4. The mountain range is iOO!Siatically ovc!l'compcnsated.

(B) If a 2 km thick material is removed from chc mountain range, wnhout any
for iwstatic readjustment, the Bouguer anomaly would be

1. 470 milligal:s 2. -2.35 milligals

3. between- 235 and 470 milhgals 4. less than 470 milligals.

(C) If I he mountam range: attains isoslatic equilibrium after certain time, the height of the
mountains would be (assume a density conlTIL'it of 05gmlcc at the Moho}

1. 3.7 km 2. .:t3 km 3. 2.9km 4. 2.5 km

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(B) !TJWit

2. 3. 4.
L KF

(C) ,f;?r;;; "'"':ff ;t 7i1f.t i1 mit

I: wlfr<""' rr.r \S'iii(JT{ C1 "'!"''"' ｾ＠ Ｇｾ＼ｔ［ｲＨ＠ <i7 •:st$-:;r ?1 uot Q ± <lit
:} tt<Pm t! 1
q;;r.r-i' II: -5'iiWJ7f 11 ＢＡＮｾ＠ :J."'i!ir({;'fm ;i; Tf,;IJ 'I ｾ＠ JRPTfi:t ;;;; ｾｮ［ｲ＠ rfllffl

al tht: magnetic latitude

100. A two-dunen sional shcct-hke body of susceptibility K stnke!> N60"E
Ule Earth's magn<:tte field F. Recall that the magnetic
of 30° :Uld gct5 magnetrz.::d by mduction in

arwmaly A F caused by a shcct-hke body Ｑｾ＠ of the lbrrn ,jF = c[ where C

and Q arc «<nstants tchucd to magncl!7allurt, dip and lhtelmcss of the st;cct

{A) 'The dip of cffi:ctive mag:nchzatJon in the shee11s

1
(J3) 3. u.m' (3/4)

{ll) The intensity of cf!cctivc magnc1i7atlon is

2J

L KF J.

(C) Cons1der the followrng !>llHcmcms:

ｾｴ｡･ｭ｣ｮ＠ maximum and mimmum anomalies on the prolilc an: located

I: The positions of ｴｨｾＺ＠
;:; em Q ±
at ､ｴｬ［ｕｊｮｾｳ＠ from the cptccntn: of the &hcct.
l)fthc
Statement n: 1l1e position of the zero-ano maly oocuns mtdway beiWt!t!n the po:;ations
maxmmm and minimum anomaly

I. Statement s I and Jl <lrc ln!t:. 2. Statement l1s true; II is false.

J Scatcment I i1> laJ:;c; II 1s true. 4. Stalcment land Uare false.

lOL{A} ｾＷ＠ e1fdv! JJtffirJ'qi't <it ｦｩＺｲｾｴ＠ <:'F-mvrr !Jlf/f1T ｾ＠ mrm.· 10 ｦｾｯ＠ ito ?t 12 fito ito (! & wril
r,ff'rlfl lfi1m. 2500 •flo rmt ?lo 11 3500 lfto J1fft ?io t 1 ff1 <:M gf(rrrrf;;;r ;f; ?flrt
t7

2. 2500 ;& 'Aftt ito

4-. 1000 >no ;;& n'o

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l. 6000 1/to f1ff'r 2. 15 80 rfto gfrt 'ito

3. 7170 rf!o rrfft ito 4. 3585 #ro .rmt 'ito
(C) 11rrr.;il \Jirrif'J « f.rl!l;:.f/ ll'Yal ;$ llfrli:irl"f ｦ＾ｾＡＺ＠ｩ -0.1 11 0.1 if t IT\'lt 6 {i!fffifi'f1o"-"
?J firt:Ufim i!. 'lf ?fm' RZ/..,., (1. ·2. 5. -2. Ｉｾ＠ｉ ;;rrm ｾ＠ I t1f'? ｾｦＮｴｷ［＠ ｾ＠ i5r ｾ＠ JifR'
r?if;;.::r'fliJ!'1.!7!: i1 crT ｾ＿ｲｦＮ＼＾ｬ＠ m'f7r;J;r t.
1. r-o. 1, o.2, -o.4, o, o.4, -o.2, o. 1J 2. [0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0]
J. (-1,2,-5,2,1,0) 4. [1,0,0,0,0,0]

101. (A) The two-way travelllmc:s m the: ｣｡ｾ＠ of two horizont;d reOc::cl<>r" are 10 ms and 12 ms
respecltvely and the R.MS velocities are 2500 mls and 3500 mls respectively. Then the
interval velocicy betv.·ccn two reflectors is

6500mls 2. 2500 mls 3. 3500 mls 4. 1000 mls

(B) The dip of a layer IS ＶＰｾ＠ and Ｑｌｾ＠ RMS velocity 1s 3585 m/sec. Then the stacking velocity is

6000 mls :t 7580 m/s 4. 3585 mls

(C) For a two layer case, the rcflccnon coefficients of upper and lower layers respcctivcl]' arc -0.1
and 0.1, separated by 6 ms. and the source pulse is given as (I. -2. 5. -2. 1). If the sampling
mtcrval of the seismic trace is 2 ms, the compos1le wavelet 1s

I. (-0.1, 0.2, ·0.4, 0, 0.4, -0.2, 2. [0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, OJ

3. [-1. 2, -5, 2. I, OJ 4. 11. 0, o, o, o, OJ

102. (A) #& r.fflT iVt rrR 'i1iW S3fi <1 i!'1i' m""U ｾ＠ it m 'i1iW S3fi v;;; SP ｾ＠ SP 31<frr/ltlif
<57 ｾ＠ rPm ｾ＠ ;rofitw

1. 'l"mWf 1j11l1 ¥t ｾ＠ ［Ｌｾ＠ fir-iJ ｡Ｎｾ＠ ｺｾ［＠ 'i'fP.l ｾｲｭ＠ m Sil

2. ｾ＠ '?! ¥t ｾＮ＠ ｾ＠ f;r.;; ＮｊｴＺｾ＠ ｺｾ［＠ ＠ｾ
ffi"'.f m S1i
J. .,:;n:m; 1f?1 t:l' ｾ＠ ［ｴｾ＠Ｎ ｾ＠ i1ffl tfFrr 'Pre ?iitfr ;t; mu 1
4. ｾ＠ 1fiW'1 it i1"f'17:'1Wi • ＠ｾ f;'t;;J fit:rr 1f# ｾ＠ 7fiim ri; ｗｐＧｾ＠ !

{B) SJ>, ufdiiU cr Ei!Pf 11frt tl'i!r&'f ｾ＠ :Wif ｾ＠ '!11' ｾ［Ｚ＠ li!l 1M- 'I '!/TN ?'l ｾ＠ #. <NT rmr
pnt iWTfUf U!Tffr t fi1i i!'1i' ｾ＠ J«ffrflr ｾ＠ ｣ｾ＠ it ?(.'IJ'IT?f<fi 'i;t'm /.

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,1:$

2.

102. tA.t ASP log a shale fom1atioa and entering a porous beu shows the SP
;momalies from

I. a posuivc value to ncga11V<' w1th the pomt of intlecrion coinciding with lhc
interface
2. a neg:)tive value to with the pomt of intleetion with the
mlcrface
J. ;t positivr: value to with no cic:ar indication of interface
4. a value to ｰｯｳｩｴｶｾ＠ with no cicar indication of imerface.

(B) A sandstone saturated wilh !;•..us ;md oil is detecred from SP, rcsistivicy and acouslic
,·elocny by a distinct SJ> anomaly break from pos.ilivc to negative associat<..-d
with

I. low resistwity and velocity 2. high and low vclvcity

J. !ow and !ow velocity 4. high resistivity and high velocity

(Cl Sulphur. which occurs mairtly ｩｮｬｭ･ｳｴｯ｣［ｾＺ＠ ma)' be identified by a density or acoustic
log because of its

I. low density and large transit time 2. low density and low transit time
3. high density and large ｴｲ｡ｮｾｩｬ＠ time 4. high density and low transit time.

1. iT r(lfi 1ft fl[q'f&'f ;6 ｾＨｦｩｴ＠ t 2. 1:1 ｦｩｲ］ｮｷ＼ｾ＠ q; r.)rli! 1

3. ift Ytrn:.7 ;j; ｾ＠ '! ＴＮＱｾ＠
ｾｬ＠
71 f[1J'i
1!1 ·"'''"" ;j; il'kt 'I
(B) ｴｏＧｾ＠ SfP1-:fto $ ｾ＠ ＼ｾＧｩｴ＠ 1J'<5 t:[iW!) # ｾＱＧＺ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ､ｦＯＱ＠ d:i <t WT! rr f&cfro
ｾＧｩ＠ <it <ftil 11;·ar flff iJ.'i'f< !l ｾ｣ｦｴＱＭＺ［＠ wm: tiM
I 180" ff4' 0 2 ＱＸＰＢｾ＠ l 4. 90° ｾ＠ 0

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rlf'iR'I' (Q) 'ilGffT t. ?Ft ｾ＠ 1:/i(iR 11!7<rfil;;> fl ｾ＠ Jm Rm frifiR

t:'fri ;>

!. ;ft;tf iJ ti'IJPli/41 lf1Zit ｾ＠ lf tSt'!flrfl'f ＠ｾ 1.0 iliT Iff!:fi 'imt tf I

2. ffl! ｾ＠ rrefl ｾ＠ 11 ｾ＠ 1fR! o.o 1lir ;nr;:r ;;mt tf 1
3. ｾ＠ :Wir ｾｲｭ＠ U7%ffl it u ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 1.0 1lir ;nr;:r •.,"?,1, g, r:nm ｾ＠
Jilt! Q= 1 rn Jlfl't ｾ＠ 0. 5 1fif wa il>"<. ?f5'1il"'l'f <rem if 1
4. ｾ＠ :Jifr Q= 1 w r.rfltf1111 'lf'l 0.5 ＼ｾＴ＠ lllfff iff? ｾ＠ rrem ｾ＠ wifit;
Jll'iJil;ft:wf ｾｬｩｷ＠ 134'1/f/mQJ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ Fi 3iVof ｾ＠ 1.0 q;j flTCff <RfiT if

103. (A) EM waves are ell iptlcally polarized when primary and secondary fields are at the

l. same frequency and same phase 2. same frequency and different phase
3. different frequency and same phase 4. different frequency and different phase

(D) For a matertal of resistivity of I0 • ohm·m, the phase difference between the primary and
secondary lieWs and the ellipticity orthe polariz.cd EM field wlll be rcs.pcctively

I. 180" and 0 }. 90"'and I

(C) How do the real and imagmary pans of the response function vary with increasing response
parameter (Q)?

!. Both increase asymplotlcally to anam a maxima of 1.0.

2. !Wth ､ｾＺ｣ｲ･ｬ｜＠ liSynlplQ!il;lllly tQ a«ain a maxima ofO.O.
3. The real part increases IL'>ymptottcally !()attain a maximum of I .0. while imaginary
part increases to attain a maximum of 0.5 at Q= I and decreases therealler.
4. The real part increases to attain a maximum of 0.5 at Q--l and dt'Creases thereafter, while
the imaginary part incrc.-ascs asymptotically to attain a maximum of I .0.

104.(A} ｾ＠ ｾ＠ <6 ｾ＠ 11 ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾＱＺ＠ <JJ Er w, 1. f.p:;r if t fitiff ｾ＠ it <nr '!lfi

ｾ＠ ｾ＠ rm! 'l1ff'l1 <'fJfrrl ?

I. 2. 3. 4. (I) =:
4 w
ＨｂＩｾ＠ <G ｾ＠ ｲｾ＠ 'f'<l!' ｳＭｾｴ［ｦＧｲ＠ 31tftq <1 ｾ＠ rrC<Iit <6 JfPT1Ff qm;ff 'ili7 Jim" '!lfi ｾ＠
rnkrr t 1 :mill "l1fif 1Jft 4 ffiRJ lfto Jlffl ita <1 ｦｩｴｲｾ＠ <vt 8% ｾ＠ szi rm1 <#! T/'rr:rl rJttft .
l. I 00 fi'l;o 1f1o 2. 50 f<tio ｾ＠ 3. 200 fitio l#}a

2. 2olfl"o m ｾ＠ 3. 2 #flo Jlffl "Ro

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!0-t (A) If Hnd n.'Present the nnlur,ll and resonant frequencies, respectively, of a
seismometer, in which ()f the following case, it would behave as a displact:mt;;nl
ｭｴｾｬ｣ｲＧＺ＠

2 3. @. = {i) 4. tv• '"" (j)

(Bl :>-wave propagating through the Eartb shows a time difference of 1.0 sec between
its arnvals on the radial and transvcrsr: components. Considering an average velocity
4JI kmh;.cc and of8°<'!,, tbc thickness ofthe layer would be

OOkm 1 5li km 3.. 200 km 4. 500km.

The vclccity oflsun:tmi ｷ｡ｶｴｾ＠ traveling through an open ocean of depth 5 km is about

! . 220 m/s 2. 21) !11!S 4. 800 m/s

1US.( A) ti'P: :.<M:"' M, 2M ;; ＳｾＱＮ＠ R. 2!.l.. 'f1 3R ｾ＠ ;m?r rfr.1 rftfiit A, B rr C ii ｾ＠ ｾ＠ I A, B 'iT
C it!' .>IAAii" g L< ,!;c i!P'f''IT· ｾ＿ｬ＠ JT<IiTi' <MinT C·

2. =.'k
4. = =gc
p, p, P;. A II? ｾｴｊｮｩＧｦ＠ crr;r.r tlfi!lr (.! .'

P2
2. V · D ::.: P, ill <r'fr"t

2. 3xl :fto 4. l 1fi'o

l 05.1)\) lhrcr ma,sc:<; M, ｾｍ＠ and 11-.! lH-: drstnbulc<l insuk 1hrcc sphc-rcs A, Band C ofrndu R.
:m aod .)K rcsp:.:covel:·. Th.: tol<!l normal ｾｈｉ｜Ｇ＠ ila!mnal fluxt:$ !;.\, t;B and g.: over A, B
and 11re cnnnec!cd 1he rclotH1ll

2. )g I

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(1:1) for the given siluation (see F1g}, where p, <<p1 and p, <: p 1 • a magnetotelluric rounding
was earned out at A. The obtamed apparent resi:";tivtue:s will be
A

equal due to V·D =0 2. equal due to V· f5 =p,

J. parallel off set due to V· D = 0 4. parallel offset due to V· D P,

Ｐ＠
(C) An electromagnetic wave propagating in tree 3l>i1CC w!th a period of ＱＰ＼ｾ sec has a wavelength
of

L m 4. l m

106.(A) ｾＭ［ｊ＠

(B)

1. iituft Cilft <mk!r '1.··3/Tdjffr filvft A iifr ｾ＠ it ;fft1t f 1

2. if)vft D ｊｾ＠ f!i6 >ir<Plf't rr< flem ｾ＠ I
3. it'tvD A <li ｾ＠ wrT Wffl?'f '!f'1 t J
4. 1iMt D iifr g<'f'fT tf ｾ＠ C if iJimR fJrmi it ＠ｾ ｾ＠ # I

(C)
ｾ＠ A B c D
ｾｔｦＺｴ＠ -().54 -0.58 0.62 ·0.49

;;;r;; ＳＱｊｲＮＺ［ｾ＠ ｾ＠ 7fiT1Tw rt? ｾ＠ ｾ＠ t/i W1"l< YdWrr siiJS ｾ＠ ;§! vnrft t
WI <1ft(rr 3ii1i 1#1 ｾ＠ 1fftr ｾ＠ ｾ＠ it rffl;Jtf 1Ift mft f. I ｦｾ＠ '({! fit! flR't
ｾ＠ <1ft 11M: 'r/6 W1f1'r ff I fiirr::f 7f iY i1>'Fr W ｾ＠ 'ffift J! .?

1. ｾｄ＠ 1f ｾ＠ ｴＡｬｦｾ＠ ＼ｉｴｾ＠ 11ft W?lllt '1if!iffl1f i! I

2. r:tTift c ｾ＠ f!!rfn;ft ｾ＠ qff ｾｙ＠ 11ff ｾｲ＠ ＠ｾ ｾ＠ 1

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3. ;::toft C it l':fr;l'ft llltft 1#f <rftrrl.Nf iff Wm ｾｦＮ＠ I

4. ｾ＠ B 1Jff o;j??·n ii ｾＺｍｴ＠ A if f.ti1<ft 11i7ft i!lft 'Bftrrr.Jit <Jff ｾ＠ Jlffri1; ｾ＠

106.(A) Increase m the Slm!Osily mdcx of a nvcr is not :associated with

l. an mcrease m suspended to bedload ralio 2, a dec! me m tlow velocily

3 ｾ＠ decline in width-depth rauo 4, an Increase in sedimem load

Ihe hypsomctm: mtegral for fuur nvcr basins. Identify the illCOrrect
mtcrpn.:ta! lOll

Basm C has ｨＱｾ［｣ｲ＠ relative relJefthan basi.n A

2. Basin 0 lo·catcd largely over a pl;neau
3. Basm A dortmlilled by piams
4. Basin C h:.s more area at h1gher elevation th:an baJ>tn D

((

ｔｨｾＺ＠ ahon: tsblc ｧｭｾｳ＠ the rare of ｣ｨＺＮｾｮｧ･＠ tn stream ｴｕｬｾ｢･ｲ＠ with stream order when
on n scmt-lt>g g.rat>h paper. Note aU the four streams have the same order. Which of the
loilowing ｾｴ｡ｬ｣ｭｮｳ＠ is correct

ﾷｮＱｾＺ＠ number of lDwcr otdt-r s!ro::ams IS htghcs! in basin D

1. Th..: number oflow,·r order >in:ilmS IS mmimum in basin C
3. The number of lower ()rde-r strcoams is ｭＺｾｸ＠ unum 111 basin C
4. Ba$m A mort: number of lower order streams than f'l.a.sm B

107.tA) ｾ＠ <:! \"f,":TC ;;fi:zit X Y ;t,;• lliif i!ii'Ji ｾ＠ !R ;;rz;r1W{ ,.qVJ<lJJ;· f'iP;r
,_'( I ;z;!t X (.b,f'fJ'(jj 0.0006 Tf ｣ＮｾＧＱ＠ !<"?f"i?f'l 0.0 I it I nl

(i ) 'lift \' .fft.!:rll7 ｾﾷ＠ <[Qi wrffq

(iiJ :r:.:) x
(iii;
(iv) mx
(i) (ii) .;rf,/ i! 2. (iii} iJ (iv) fflft f
(iii) mfr q- {iv) 'l?'l':r t 4. (i) ?tf.t 'fJ (iii) T/Ffff ｾ＠

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ＨｃＩｾ＠ ｾ＠ Vf1fr:r w ｾ＠ :JOII'·mldl 'fl!t ｴｾ＠ filri1 ｾ＠ f?irll'tfi'lflr ｾ＠ tt f1fi'fiifi firr-f rt

it f{iii fiW rnfilit 1

1. m>l>b 2. m>b> I 3. b>m>l 4. b> I >m

107. (A) Suppose two alluvial rivers (X andY) have the same bankfull discharge but different channel
slopes. Tile slope of river X"'0.0006 and slope of river Y=O.OL Then

(i) River Y is meandering and single thread

(ii) River X is multi-thread and braided
(iii)River Y is either braided or straight
(iv)River X is either meandering or anabranching

I. (i) and (ii) are true 2. (iii) and (iv) are true
3. (iii) is true and (iv) is false 4. (i) is true and (iii) is false

(B) A ｬＱｲｾ＠ river cutting acro!i$ a ridge will not display one of the following changes in its
morphology and hydraulic ｰｲｯ･ＱｩｾＮ＠

I. Decrease in the width depth ratio 2. Increase in the flow velocity

3. Decrease in ch:lnncl cross-scctiunal area 4. Increase tn mean discharge

(C) The exponents of hydraulic geometry equations will display one oflhe following
rclattonships for a river over the alluvial fan

m>l>b 2. m>b> I 3. b>m> I 4. b> l>m

ｳｭｬＭｾ＠
Jm ＱＭｾ＿ｴ＠
J-i'W iii - Ｇ＿ｩｾｔＬｊｴ［Ｚｲ＠ f c ?1 Mn ｬＡｦｾ＿ｩＧｈ＼ｧ＠ ＢﾷＧｾ＠ <t Jmt?
am IV - ＠ｾ Fl?:Frd1 'i't ＳＱｾ＿Ａ＠
Jm v Jfiiftti!C

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2. H 3. HI 4. IV

(B)

2. ll 3. m 4. IV

I. 2. IV 3. lli 4. v
lOll. I here arc five ｾＺｨ･ｭｵ｡ｬ＠ fractwns whtch call be selectively extracted from a floodplain soil as
>hown below

Fractmn I Exchangeable
Fraction II Bound to carbonate
haclion 111 Bounl.! lo amorphous fc and 11n hydroxides/oxides
fracnoniV Bound to organic matter
Fraction V- Rcstdual

Based on the above mformalion answer ｴｨｾ＠ following .

(A) ln a well-aerated soil arsenic may occur m lhc: extraclion fraction

2. II 3. III 4. IV

<B} \Vhich extraction fraction is responsible fur the phosphorus avmlabtlity to Ihe plants

2. II 3. Ill 4. IV

(C) Which exlrnction fractionts microl>ialy oxidrled t(l mobilize arsenic to the groundwater •r

2 IV 3. Jl1 4, v

109.

+Ct.!!

•04.
＠ｾ
w "' oo-:-
·04- ｾＺＮ＠

.os.
D ., ,.
4 8

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ｾ＠ 11 ｾ＠ vm'f ｾ＠ 25"C: if Eh If pH <if ｾ＠ ｾ＠ ｾ＠ f!P:r if rmkft mfl I I ｾ＠

ｾ＠ ;t ｾ＠ ifP1 1 <riO"', 1 ＼Ｇ｣ｾｯ＿＠ w ｾｉ＠ r

2. <W'!r-;;;n;; 3. ｾ＠ 4. ｾ＠

1. :Jllirrii Eh ;!{ <JifitU111fff :J."fft(l]rJT 2. 'ifi11 pH IT ｾ＠ 1fiT Jfl!t:i?lVl

3. ;:#;'1 rmuf 1fiT JI!;Rfl<l,orlrj 4. ::trlf!Jifit<tt ＧＱｦｐｩｊｴｾ＠

L pH m"dlfUi WJi7'N;t OiP Z1 Eh 'ifi11 i!'trrf ｾ＠ 2. Jflir;p pH 11 l1i11 Eh M '! 1

3. Jflir;p Eb 1l '1f1{ pH I I 4. JlfWlt pH <T ｾ＠ ITh r;mr 't I

109.

'Jne dutgram shows stability limits of natural waters at the Earth's surface in terms of Eh and pH at
25"'C. The hmns are based on partial pressure of oxygen of I and 10'"' atm.

(A) The hatched regton m the plo1 represents on.e oflhe following:

L rivcnvater 2. mine water 3. groundwater 4. sea water

(B) Low pH value of mine water is due 10

1. mineral weathering al higher Eh 2. mineral weathering a! lower pH

J. Oxidation o( organic matter 4. microbial activilics

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I, C) Watt-r of organic rich impeded sot!£ wtll plot 111 the stabihly zone charactrcri7£d by

moderntc to hiGh pH. low Eh 2. high pH, low Eh

J. l11gh ti.h, low pH 4. high pH, moderate Eh

11 o, (A) t;n;r ;;;er if ｾｗｦｬｴｆｲ＠ urffnr! ;t <tlvr'l ufl! ｾｊｗｈ＠ if tt Jm .,.,._, 'ii ｾ＠ ｾ＠ trR
v!fffl f'i: !{ll i'li' r?;I!Jfl.,.:a ;ftm ｾ＠ iYT i;n;r 3/!Pft ｾ＠ ｾＹＯｦｗｆｩ＠ ｾｩｴ＠

L
ｾ＠
_J.

(B)

I.

IC)

2.
}.
4.

110. tA) ln a mat\TI'llt chDmhcr during the process of tJitTerenti:nion if a large amounl of gr:mitiG
iJllCJS& rock ts added due lo chamber collap,;e and ｡ｾｩｭｬｴ｣､＠ then the magma changes
composition towards:

2. more baste
4 more ultra mafic

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(B)
CiiO

In the above triangular plot at point 'x' what minerol is expected to torm under pyroxene
hornfels facies ?

I. Wollaslanite 2. Grossularite
3. Andalusite 4. Anorthite

(C) W'hich one of' the following mineral assemblage indicates quartz- albite- muscovite -chlorite
sub facies metamorphism of a basic scbisl,

I. Quartz- albite- muscovite

2. Calcite epidote- tremolite- quartz
3. Albite epidote- chlorite -calcite- sphene- quanz
4. Quartz- muscovite chlorite • albite

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